Anna M. Silvas is Australian Research Council Fellow, Department of Classics, History, and Religion, University of New England, Australia.

• 1. An introduction to the textual issues ; 2. The ascetic community in the two versions of Basil's Asketikon ; 3. The geography behind the history ; 4. Revisiting the emergence of monasticism in fourth-century Anatolia ; 5. Rufinus, witness of the Small Asketikon ; 6. Basil and the Great Asketikon ; Conclusion ; The Asketikon of St Basil the Great ; The Longer Responses ; The Shorter Responses

The book is adorned with some most useful appendices and contains an exciting and persuasive account, based on first-hand reconnaissance, of the chief geographical loci. The resulting map is excellent.

Anna M. Silvas is Australian Research Council Fellow, Department of Classics, History, and Religion, University of New England, Australia.

• 1. An introduction to the textual issues ; 2. The ascetic community in the two versions of Basil's Asketikon ; 3. The geography behind the history ; 4. Revisiting the emergence of monasticism in fourth-century Anatolia ; 5. Rufinus, witness of the Small Asketikon ; 6. Basil and the Great Asketikon ; Conclusion ; The Asketikon of St Basil the Great ; The Longer Responses ; The Shorter Responses

The book is adorned with some most useful appendices and contains an exciting and persuasive account, based on first-hand reconnaissance, of the chief geographical loci. The resulting map is excellent.

Anna M. Silvas is Australian Research Council Fellow, Department of Classics, History, and Religion, University of New England, Australia.

• 1. An introduction to the textual issues ; 2. The ascetic community in the two versions of Basil's Asketikon ; 3. The geography behind the history ; 4. Revisiting the emergence of monasticism in fourth-century Anatolia ; 5. Rufinus, witness of the Small Asketikon ; 6. Basil and the Great Asketikon ; Conclusion ; The Asketikon of St Basil the Great ; The Longer Responses ; The Shorter Responses

The book is adorned with some most useful appendices and contains an exciting and persuasive account, based on first-hand reconnaissance, of the chief geographical loci. The resulting map is excellent.