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====Continuity of the Academy====
[[File:Plato Academy MAN Napoli Inv124545.jpg|thumbnail|250px|left|The Academy as depicted in a mosaic.]]
In around 266 BCE, Arcesilaus became the Scholarch or head of the Academy.<ref>For more on Arcesilaus, see: Algra, Keimpe, ed. 2005. The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy. 1st pbk. ed. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, pg. 324. </ref> He developed what became known as the Skeptical school of Platonism. This period saw influences by the Skeptics and Stoics on many philosophical ideas, although the Platonist skeptics criticized both. Skepticism saw that the universe was unknowable, and it was folly to pursue it.
====Destruction and Reconstitution====
[[File:Athens_Plato_Academy_Archaeological_Site_3.jpg|thumbnail|350px250px|left|Archaeological Remains of Plato's Academy in Athens]]
In 86 BCE, the school itself was destroyed in a fire that likely occurred during Athens' siege. The Academy proved impossible to reconstruct; however, teaching resumed in Athens by 84 BCE in Ptolemy's gymnasium. The teachings continued to thrive in the Roman Era, as its teaching even influenced Roman officials and others. By the 5th century CE, there was now a movement to re-establish the Academy itself. Ass they were called, the Neoplatonists established the new Academy by 400-410 CE.<ref>For more on the Neoplatonists, see: Gregory, John. 1999. The Neoplatonists: A Reader. 2nd ed. London ; New York: Routledge.</ref>
