Place

Nicopolis

Epirus · Modern Greece

A city on the western coast of Greece founded by Augustus to commemorate his victory at Actium. Epictetus established his school here after being expelled from Rome.

Thinkers Connected to Nicopolis

Epictetus

c. 50 CE – c. 135 CE

Born a slave. Became free. Taught that freedom is not a circumstance but a discipline of the mind.

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