CHAPTER VII. The Last Century of the Empire

THE LAST CENTURY OF THE EMPIRE

Intellectual characteristics of the period 99 Marcellus of Bordeaux 99 Ammianus Marcellinus 99 His description of the state of learning at Alexandria 100 His justification of divination as a science 101 His extraordinary misquoting of Cicero 102 Synesius 103 His belief that all parts of the universe are in magic sympathy 103 Further instances of his trust in magic 104 Macrobius 106