Late Antique Historiography

Chronicle

Title(s):
  • Chronicle
  • Chronica
    (Chronica, Chronicle)
Author:
Period covered:
At least 412-521
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (breviarium)
  • Chronicle (narrative chronicle)
Remarks:
The nature of the work is unclear. Both Jerome and Orosius are said to be examples. The fragments clearly indicate that the narrative of Maximianus was more extensive than that of chronicles.
Edition - Translation:
  • L. Van Hoof (2016) 'Maximian of Ravenna: Chronica'. Sacris Erudiri 55: 259-276.
  • P. Van Nuffelen, L. Van Hoof (2020) The fragmentary Latin histories of Late Antiquity (A.D. 300-650): Edition, translation and commentary. Cambridge.
Fragments:
  • Agnellus, Liber pontificalis 42, 51, 78
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • D. Deliyannis (2006) Agnelli Ravennatis Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis (Corpus Christianorum: Continuatio mediaevalis, 199). Turnhout.
  • D. Deliyannis (2004) The Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis: Critical edition and commentary. Ann Arbor: 143-147.
  • F. Lanzoni (1909) 'Il Liber Pontificalis Ravennate'. Rivista di scienze storiche 6: 345-370, 425-464, 571-592, esp. 431-434.