Hartmut Leppin

Professor of Ancient History, Goethe University Frankfurt

Hartmut Leppin is professor of ancient history at Goethe University Frankfurt. His main research fields are the history of ancient Christianity and the history of political ideas in Antiquity.

Written by Hartmut Leppin

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As the Ancient Greeks knew, frankness is an essential virtue

Who can speak truth to the leaders? The story of parrhesía, from classical Greece to Christian martyrs and beyond

by Hartmut Leppin