Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. A Note on References and Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. CHAPTER ONE. Libanius and Rhetoric in Antioch 13
7. CHAPTER TWO. Schools and Sophists in the Roman East 42
8. CHAPTER THREE. The Network 83
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Admission and Evaluation 111
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Teaching the Logoi 137
11. CHAPTER SIX. The Long and Short Paths to Rhetoric 174
12. CHAPTER SEVEN. After Rhetoric 197
13. CONCLUSION. Words and Silence 229
14. APPENDIX ONE. Dossiers of Students 233
15. APPENDIX TWO. Length of Students’ Attendance 323
16. APPENDIX THREE. Concordance of Letters in Appendix One Translated into English 329
17. Select Bibliography 331
18. Index Locorum 347
19. Index 355