Symmachus
Americannoun
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Elite pagans could still pursue a career and hold public office, as did the noted intellectuals Libanius and Symmachus.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
On this day in 502, an ecclesiastical proceeding known as Synodis Palmaris resolved a disputed papal election in favor of Pope Symmachus.
From Slate • Oct. 23, 2017
He often wrote, like Symmachus, merely to maintain the connection of friendly sympathy by a chat on paper.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
This Symmachus, it appears, invariably moved abroad surrounded by hundreds of his disciples, whose cold investigating hands produced upon their patients the effects to which Martial alludes.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
But Festus, returned to Rome, found Anastasius dead, and Symmachus chosen by the greater part of the clergy to succeed.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
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