Alypius was afterwards commissioned to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem as part of Julian's systematic attempt to reverse the Christianization of the Roman Empire by restoring pagan and, in this case, Jewish practices. Among the letters of Julian are two (29 and 30) addressed to Alypius; one inviting him to Rome, the other thanking him for a geographical treatise, which no longer exists.
Christian friend of his, a certain Alypius, came to be obsessed with Roman gladiatorial combats.
188 is from both Augustine and Alypius, supporter of Augustine and bishop of Thagaste, emphasizing the institutional grounding of Augustine's rhetoric: this is an...
Alypius was a young Stoic philosopher who abhorred the notion of gladiatorial...
Although Alypius was unable to spend the summer months of 386/387 as part of ad hoc lay community established by Augustine at Cassiciacum in the hills outside of Milan, both men were on Easter Sunday 387 baptised together in Milan by the bishop, Ambrose.
In August 387 Alypius was in the company of Augustine, Monica, Adeodatus (the son of Augustine), Navigius (the brother of Augustine) and Evodius (a North African companion) when they travelled to the port of Ostia with the intention of sailing back to North Africa to establish a lay community at Thagaste.
Alypius and Nebridius most probably were the two closest friends that Augustine had throughout most of his life.
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