Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland

Portal to my podcast, websites, blog, and publications, providing an entryway into social and cultural life anong Greeks, Romans, Judeans, Christians, and others in ancient Mediterranean. Ethnicity, Diaspora, and relations among ethnic and minority groups is a focus.

Category Archives: Pythagoras (Greek)

Persians: Apuleius of Madaura’s defence against the charge of harmful Magian actions (ca. 158 CE)

Persians: Lactantius on Magians’ expertise on lower spirits and on their lack of true wisdom (early fourth century CE)

Persians: Pliny on the dissemination of Magian skill to the peoples of the world (first century CE)