Breviarium

Title(s):
  • Breviarium
  • Breviarium
    (Breviarium, Brief history)
Author:
Period covered:
753 B.C.-364
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Secular history (breviarium)
Remarks:
There existed three Greek translations of Eutropius (Paeanius, Capito of Lycia, and Anonymous, Translation of Eutropius). As Latin historiography is rarely translated into Greek, this exceptional feature is a sign of the wide circulation of Eutropius.
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