Late Antiquity

Late Antiquity

Alexandria, Nicaea and the Christian readers of Hermes.

• Alexandria in Late Antiquity A city of converging traditions · Roman Egypt · 2nd–5th centuries AD
• The Serapeum of Alexandria The last great temple · 3rd century BC – AD 391
• The Ankh in Christian Egypt The crux ansata · 4th–7th centuries AD
• The Council of Nicaea The first ecumenical council · Nicaea · AD 325
• Lactantius, Augustine and Hermes Early Christian readers of the Hermetica · c. AD 200–430
• John of Damascus and the Holy Images The defence of icons · c. 675–749 · Damascus and Jerusalem
• Cassiodorus The founder of Vivarium · c. 485–c. 585 · Italy
• The Nag Hammadi Codices A library buried in the desert · Buried 4th century · found 1945
• The Book of Creation Sefer Yetzirah · Hebrew · c. 2nd–6th centuries AD