Symmachus
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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
But the anger of the Goths--who abhorred Symmachus and Bo�thius as ungrateful traitors--was greatly excited by this measure, which seemed to imply an indirect condemnation of Theodoric.
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 by Dahn, Felix
This was done by Symmachus in the year 499.
From Leo XIII., the Great Leader by Doyle, Rev. A. P.
But our gratitude will be increased if we compare his Letters with the collections of his imitators, Symmachus and Sidonius, whose arid pages are seldom turned by any but a few curious and weary students.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
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