Late Antique Historiography

History of Justin I

Title(s):
  • History of Justin I
Author:
Period covered:
Justin I and early years of Justinian
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Projected
Genre:
  • Secular history (classicizing history)
  • Secular history (general)
Remarks:
Photius states that Hesychius wrote a work that covered the reign of Justin and some years of that of Justinian, and that he stopped writing after his son Ioannes died and he lost his will to work.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Photius, Bibliotheca, cod. 69 l. 101-102
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • R. Henry (1959-1991) Photius: Bibliothèque. Nine Volumes (Collection des Universités de France). Paris.
  • P. Janiszewski (2006) The missing link: Greek pagan historiography in the second half of the third century and in the fourth century A.D. Warsaw: 278-281.
  • A. Kaldellis (2005) 'The works and days of Hesychios the Illoustrios of Miletos'. Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 45: 381-403.
  • W.T. Treadgold (2010) The early Byzantine historians. Basingstoke: 270-278.