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As a youth, Cicero went to Athens to study philosophy. I've heard about other Romans doing the same. What sort of educational infrastructure was present in Athens that made it a destination of learning long after Rome eclipsed Greece as the center of political power in the Mediterranean?

by /u/mowshowitz in /r/AskHistorians

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