Late Antique Historiography

Chronological history

Title(s):
  • Chronological history
  • Ἱστορία Ρωμιακή τε καὶ παντοδαπή
    (Historia Rōmaikē te kai pantodapē, Roman and miscellaneous history)
  • Χρονικὴ Ἱστορία
    (Chronikē historia, Chronological history)
Author:
Period covered:
Belus king of the Assyrians-518
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (chronological history)
Remarks:
The only preserved part is Hesychius' account of the origins of Constantinople. For his starting point, Hesychius may have been influenced by the Chronicle of Castor of Rhodes.
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Bibliography:
  • B. Croke (1990) 'Byzantine chronicle writing. I: The early development of Byzantine chronicles'. In: Studies in John Malalas, ed. E. Jeffreys - B. Croke - R. Scott. Sydney: 27-38.
  • G. Dagron (1984) Constantinople imaginaire: Études sur le recueil des Patria (Bibliothèque byzantine: Études, 8). Paris.
  • R. Henry (1959-1991) Photius: Bibliothèque. Nine Volumes (Collection des Universités de France). Paris.
  • A. Kaldellis (2005) 'The works and days of Hesychios the Illoustrios of Miletos'. Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 45: 381-403.
  • H.G. Opitz (1934) 'Die vita Constantini des Codex Angelicus 22'. Byzantion 9: 535-593.
  • W.T. Treadgold (2010) The early Byzantine historians. Basingstoke: 270-278.