Intellectual and social background of Aulus Gellius's and Flavius Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius's general educational scientific writings
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, řada klasická N, Graeco-Latina Brunensia |
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| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | Ancient Latin Prose; Educational Literature; Gellius; Macrobius |
| Description | The article proves by evidence of the two general educational writings - Gellius's informational as well as genre-varied miscellaneous work Noctes Atticae from the 2nd part of the 2nd century AD and educational dialogue Saturnalia by Macrobius from the fifth century AD - the transformation of the cultural self-consciousness and related educational aims, which undergoes Roman intellectual elite facing the gradual expanding christianity and the decline of Roman empire. |
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