The military basis of Hellinistic education is pervasive. That's all that can really be said about the latest chapter of A History of Education in Antiquity.
Marrou does tuck a word or two about state control of schools into said chapter. But that's all that seems necessary. In fact, Marrou points out that much of this chapter is evidence rather than analysis.
Such example heavy chapters are fine, but rather dry. They're particularly so when all of the examples are bureaucratic in nature.
A city official being called the cosmete ("keeper of order") is pretty neat, though.
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