Riot in Alexandria: tradition and group dynamics in late antique pagan and Christian communities

Riot in Alexandria: tradition and group dynamics in late antique pagan and Christian communities

Paganism -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History
Christian communities -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History
Asceticism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
Alexandrian school, Christian
Education, Ancient -- Egypt -- Alexandria
Riots -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History
Alexandria (Egypt) -- Intellectual life
Alexandria (Egypt) -- Church history

This study uses one well-documented moment of violence as a starting point for a wide-ranging examination of the ideas and interactions of pagan philosophers, Christian ascetics, and bishops from the fourth to the early seventh century.

Edward J. Watts

Berkeley : University of California Press

Series: Transformation of the classical heritage ; 46.;

The anatomy of a riot -- Personal legacy and scholastic identity -- Past, present, and future in late Neoplatonic historical discourse -- History and the shape of monastic communities -- Anti-Chalcedonian ascetics and their student associates -- Creating the legend of the Alexandrian bishop -- Theophilus and Cyril : the Alexandrian bishop triumphant -- Peter Mongus struggles with the past.

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