The Closure of the Academy of Athens (529)

529 CE · Atina · cultural

Justinian closed the pagan philosophical schools; the Platonists took refuge in Iran, where Khosrow I received them.

It was the end of a millennium-old Greek philosophical institution. | Symbolic as the moment the ancient pagan educational tradition ended; yet Christian monastic schools took over that tradition.

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What was The Closure of the Academy of Athens (529)?
Justinian closed the pagan philosophical schools; the Platonists took refuge in Iran, where Khosrow I received them.
When did The Closure of the Academy of Athens (529) happen?
529 CE
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