This book provides insight into the ideas and practice of learning in late antiquity. In Macrobius's Saturnalia and Martianus Capella's De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii two fathers write letters to their son with advice for life. In his Letters Sidonius Apollinaris offers a clear vision of his ideas about education.
The series consists of a variety of monographs from the fields of Classical Philology and Ancient History. While maintaining a broad thematic and methodological scope, the editors are especially keen on studies showing a thorough and critical engagement with the relevant literary texts and primary sources.
