{"product_id":"the-last-olympiad-twilight-of-antiquity-paperback","title":"The Last Olympiad: Twilight of Antiquity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAleksander Krawczuk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTom Pinch\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Serapeum destroyed, the emperor murdered, pagans raise a revolt!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe best-selling European author of books on Greaco-Roman antiquity paints a rich and highly readable panorama of the intellectual life of the Roman Empire of the period of the Last Olympic Games of antiquity (AD389-AD393). Here they are, debating topics ranging from the moral consequences of bathing and chariot races to national character and demon possession: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe zany, crafty, and weird doctors of the Church: Ambrose, Jerome, and Augustine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe dyspeptic historian Ammianus Marcellinus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethree fanatic historians of the Church\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe grumpy rhetorician Libanius\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe blood-thirsty pagan scholar-defenders of the Alexandrian Serapeum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe author of a rabid anti-Christian diatribe which somehow miraculously survived to our times (The Lives of Sophists)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand the quirky and mysterious figure of \"Jorge Luis Borges of ancient Rome\" (Authors of Imperial History)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAleksander Krawczuk (1922-2023) was a scholar, a professor at the Jagiellonian University, a minister of culture, and a best-selling European author of books on Graeco-Roman antiquity with an international cult following. His intimate and conversational style allowed him to talk about complicated subjects in an accessible way without dumbing them down in the process. His books remain in print in many languages across Europe. And now they finally appear in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47521440858333,"sku":"9782919820306","price":19.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/PIQ-kXrkId9782919820306.webp?v=1772259826","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-last-olympiad-twilight-of-antiquity-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}