This book examines the role of social networks in the formation of identity among sophists, philosophers and Christians in the early Roman Empire. Membership in

Examines the role of social networks in defining the identity of sophists, philosophers and Christians in the early Roman Empire.

This book explores how the Graeco-Roman world suffered from major power conflicts, imperial ambition, and ethnic, religious and racist strife.

This volume deals with the interaction between public intellectuals of the late Hellenistic and Roman era, and the powerful individuals with whom they came into

In the World of the Second Sophistic, education, paideia, was a crucial factor in the discourse of power. Knowledge in the fields of medicine, history, philosop