Late Antique Historiography

On the reign of the emperor Constans

Title(s):
  • On the reign of the emperor Constans
  • Τὰ κατὰ Κώνσταντα τὸν βασιλέα
    (Ta kata Kōnstanta ton basilea, On the events under the emperor Constans)
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Period covered:
337-350
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (general)
  • Secular history (classicizing history)
Remarks:
One of the manuscripts of the Suda (Codex Laurent. 55,1) gives the title as τὰ κατὰ Κωνσταντῖνον τὸν βασιλέα. Most scholars think this is a mistake; only Janiszewski (2006: 381-382) hesitates.
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Bibliography:
  • 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.