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A Proconsul’s Black Humour Arrius Antoninus and His Culture in Tertullian’s Ad Scapulam

Rendina Simone
Articolo Immagine
ISSN:
0300-340X
Rivista:
Rivista Storica dell’Antichità
Anno:
2022
Numero:
LII
Fascicolo:
Rivista Storica dell'Antichità N. LII/2022

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A sentence attributed by Tertullian to the proconsul Asiae Gaius Arrius Antoninus demonstrates Arrius’ familiarity with the Greek literature of the second century CE and his rhetorical education.

Keywords: Gaius Arrius Antoninus, Martyrdom, Plutarch, Suicide, Tertullian.