HYPATIA of Alexandria, the Last Philosopher of the Hellenistic Era and her Brutal Assassination

Hypatia, the last great philosopher and mathematician of the Hellenistic Age, who was brutally assassinated by a fanatic christian mob in 415 a.D. Her life, her contribution to science and philosophy, her death marked the end of the Greek Philosophy and Science. Officially, after the death of Hypatia, Europe entered the long and dark period of the Middle Ages.