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==Life==

==Life==

[[File:Justin Martyr.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The [[early church]] father Justin Martyr]]

[[File:Justin Martyr.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The early [[church father]] Justin Martyr]]

Very little is known about the life of Justin Martyr, with his name only ever appearing in the title of his work.  But is generally accepted that he was born about 100 AD and became a [[philosopher]] who had experimented with [[Stoicism]], Pythagoreanism and [[Platonism]] who later accepted [[Christianity]] around 132 AD; this event being the result of a challenge to the [[Old Testament|Jewish scriptures]].  It is also generally understood that Justin Martyr traveled extensively throughout the [[Roman Empire]] before was beheaded for his faith around 165 AD at the behest of the emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]].  But this narrative is questioned by Sir Ronald Syme as he argues for a date for ''Justin's History of the World'' being around AD 390 after the publication of Historia Augusta.

Very little is known about the life of Justin Martyr, with his name only ever appearing in the title of his work.  But is generally accepted that he was born about 100 AD and became a [[philosopher]] who had experimented with [[Stoicism]], Pythagoreanism and [[Platonism]] who later accepted [[Christianity]] around 132 AD; this event being the result of a challenge to the [[Old Testament|Jewish scriptures]].  It is also generally understood that Justin Martyr traveled extensively throughout the [[Roman Empire]] before was beheaded for his faith around 165 AD at the behest of the emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]].  But this narrative is questioned by Sir Ronald Syme as he argues for a date for ''Justin's History of the World'' being around AD 390 after the publication of Historia Augusta.