The Remains of a Senarius in a Letter of Jerome?

In a letter written by Jerome to Augustine (Ep. 68 in editions of Augustine’s letters; Ep. 102 in editions of Jerome), dated to 402 (see Fuerst’s mono

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J.P. Postgate’s ‘Flaws in Classical Research’

I’m reading J.P Postgate’s classic essay ‘Flaws in Classical Research’ (Proceedings of the British Academy, 1908, 161-211), which, by the way, should

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Concerning the Literacy of Augustine’s Late 4th Century Congregation

We are often told that late antique sermons are geared toward an audience with a lower level of education (sermo humilis and all that) than the audien

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