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        2. Mara is the presumed author of a letter in which a father gives lessons of wisdom to his son, from whom he is separated.
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        4. Find out where Mara bar Serapion was born, their birthday and details about their professions, education, religion, family and other life details and facts.
        5. A pagan philosopher gives some insight into why Christianity spread through the Roman world.

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          Ancient letter by a Stoic philosopher

          Mara bar Serapion was a Stoic philosopher from the Roman province of Syria. He is noted for a letter he wrote in Aramaic to his son, who was named Serapion.[1][2] The letter was composed sometime after 73 AD but before the 3rd century, and most scholars date it to shortly after 73 AD during the first century.[3] The letter may be an early non-Christian reference to the crucifixion of Jesus.[1][4]

          The letter refers to the unjust treatment of "three wise men": the murder of Socrates, the burning of Pythagoras, and the execution of "the wise king" of the Jews.[1][2] The author explains that in all three cases the wrongdoing resulted in the future punishment of those responsible by God and that when the wise are oppressed, not only does their wisdom triumph in the end, but God punishes their oppressors.[5]

          The letter has been claimed to