Epictetus
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Epictetus 🇹🇷

Ἐπίκτητος (Known as "The Liberated Stoic Sage")
Stoic Philosopher, Educator, Former Slave, Moral Teacher
Born c. 50 CE 🇹🇷 Hierapolis (Phrygia), Turkey
Passed Away c. 135 CE Nicopolis (Epirus), Greece
Lifespan ~85 years old
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Notice / Correction
"Men are disturbed not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things."

Archival Overview

Greek Stoic philosopher born into slavery who established a renowned school in Nicopolis, teaching that inner serenity stems from distinguishing what is within our control from what is not.

Biographical Record

Epictetus (c. 50–135 CE) was born into slavery in Phrygia and served the brutal Roman freedman Epaphroditus, walking with a lifelong limp after being crippled. Granted freedom after Nero's fall, he studied under Musonius Rufus and became the most revered Stoic teacher in Rome.

When Emperor Domitian banished all philosophers from Italy, Epictetus established an academy in Nicopolis, Greece. His lectures, recorded faithfully by his pupil Arrian in the Discourses and the Enchiridion (Handbook), taught that true freedom is an invulnerable fortress of the soul, immune to tyrants and circumstance.

Key Life Milestones

93 CE

Founding of the Academy at Nicopolis

Exiled by Domitian, built his renowned center of Stoic instruction in Greece, attracting noble Roman students.

c. 108 CE

Transcription of Discourses & Enchiridion

His student Arrian compiled his lectures into manual handbooks that became the moral guide for Marcus Aurelius.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Nicopolis Roman Agora Memorial
Nicopolis (Epirus), Greece
GPS: 39.0089, 20.7322
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