Late Antique Historiography

Account of the battle of Strasburg

Title(s):
  • Account of the battle of Strasburg
  • Συγγραφή
    (Suggraphē, Composition)
Author:
Period covered:
355-359
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (classicizing history)
  • Report
  • Secular history (general)
Remarks:
Julian is said to have composed an account of the battle of Strasburg (357). Libanius suggests an account or accounts of all campaigns in Gaul.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Eunapius, History F17 Blockley = F9 Müller
  • Libanius, Oration 13.25
  • Libanius, Letters 35 and 610
  • Zosimus, New history 3.2.4
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • R. Blockley (1983) The fragmentary classicising historians of the later Roman Empire: Eunapius, Olympiodorus, Priscus and Malchus. Volume Two: Text, translation and historiographical notes. Liverpool.
  • K. Müller (1851) Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum (FHG). Volume Four. Paris.
  • R.J. Penella (2009) 'Emperor Julian's Gallic commentary'. New England Classical Journal 36: 253-258,