Epictetus (l.c. 50 - c. 130 CE) was a Stoic philosopher best known for his works The Enchiridion (the handbook) and his Discourses, both foundational works in Stoic philosophy and both thought to have been written down from his teachings by his student Arrian.
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50 CEEpictetus is born a slave in Hierapolis, Asia Minor.
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c. 68 CEGranted his freedom, Epictetus begins to teach in Rome.
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89 CEBanished from Rome by Domitian with the other philosophers, Epictetus travels to Nicopolis and sets up a school there.
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c. 108 CEThe historian Arrian studies with Epictetus, records his teachings.
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c. 130 CEEpictetus dies at Nicopolis.
