Late Antique Historiography

History

Title(s):
  • History
  • Historia
    (Historia, History)
Author:
Period covered:
376-392?
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (classicizing history)
Remarks:
Sulpicius Alexander wrote an account of contemporary events that was, as far as extant fragments allow us to judge, fairly detailed and well-informed. It is debated whether Sulpicius Alexander continued Ammianus or not. It is possible that Sulpicius covered a much greater span of time than 376-392.
Edition - Translation:
  • P. Van Nuffelen, L. Van Hoof (2020) The fragmentary Latin histories of Late Antiquity (A.D. 300-650): Edition, translation and commentary. Cambridge.
Fragments:
  • Gregory of Tours, Histories 2.9
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
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  • J.-D. Berger, J. Fontaine, P.L. Schmidt (2020) Die Literatur im Zeitalter des Theodosius (374-430 n. Chr.) Volume One. Munich: 599-600,
  • M. Humphries (1996) 'Chronicle and chronography: Prosper of Aquitaine, his methods and the development of early Medieval chronography'. Early Medieval Europe 5: 155-175.
  • B. Krusch, W. Levison (1951) Gregorii episcopi Turonensis Opera. Volume One: Libri Historiarum X (Monumenta Germaniae historica: Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum, 1). Berlin.
  • F. Paschoud (1997) 'Les descendants d'Ammien Marcellin: Sulpicius Alexander et Renatus Profutus Frigeridus'. In: Nomen Latinum: Mélanges de langue, de littérature et de civilisation latines offerts au professeur André Schneider, ed. D. Knoepfle. Neuchâtel: 141-147.
  • F. Paschoud (1998) 'Note sur les relations de trois historiens des IVe et Ve siècles: Sulpicius Alexander, Rénatus Profutus Frigeridus, et Olympiodore'. Antiquité tardive 6: 313-316.
  • G. Zecchini (1993) Ricerche di storiografia latina tardoantica. Rome.