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Aquileia

Italy

Aquileia was a major Roman city at the head of the Adriatic in northeastern Italy (modern Friuli–Venezia Giulia). The physician Galen was present there with the imperial court during an outbreak of plague in the late 160s AD, an episode he records.

12 most-discussed ideas

Teachers who lived here

Works composed here

  • 411

    A Commentary on the Apostles' Creed

    by Rufinus of Aquileia

  • 411

    Jerome's Apology for Himself Against the Books of Rufinus

    by Rufinus of Aquileia

  • 411

    Rufinus' Apology in Defence of Himself

    by Rufinus of Aquileia

  • 411

    Rufinus' Preface to the Translation of Origen's Commentary on Psalms 36, 37, and 38

    by Rufinus of Aquileia

  • 411

    Rufinus' Preface to the Translation of Origen's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans

    by Rufinus of Aquileia

  • 411

    Rufinus's Epilogue to Pamphilus the Martyr's Apology for Origen; otherwise The Book Concerning the Adulteration of the Works of Origen

    by Rufinus of Aquileia

  • 411

    The Apology of Rufinus. Addressed to Apronianus, in Reply to Jerome's Letter to Pammachius

    by Rufinus of Aquileia

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    The Letter of Anastasius, Bishop of the Church of Rome to John Bishop of Jerusalem Concerning the Character of Rufinus

    by Rufinus of Aquileia

  • 411

    The Peroration of Rufinus Appended to His Translation of Origen's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans

    by Rufinus of Aquileia

  • 411

    The Preface to the Books of Recognitions of St. Clement

    by Rufinus of Aquileia

  • 411

    Translation of Pamphilus' Defence of Origen

    by Rufinus of Aquileia

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