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Mesopotamian culture in Roman times (1)

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Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
Astrological and astronomical knowledge and theories
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.01 Astrological and astronomical knowledge and theories
Education and transmission of knowledge
11 Language, communication, libraries and education
11.05 Education and transmission of knowledge

Keywords
Mesopotamia

Period
1st century CE
Roman Empire

Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars
Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Pliny the Elder, Naturalia Historia 6.30 (= Strabo 16.1.6):
There are in addition the following towns in Mesopotamia: Hippareni - this also a school of Chaldean learning like Babylon … also Orocheni, a third seat of Chaldean learning.

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Pliny the Elder, Naturalia Historia 6.30
Strabo 16.1.6

Simo Parpola

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