Late Antique Historiography

History of Justinian

Title(s):
  • History of Justinian
  • Τὰ κατὰ Ἰουστινιανὸν
    (Ta kata Ioustinianon, History of events under Justinian)
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Period covered:
552/553-567?
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (classicizing history)
  • Secular history (general)
Remarks:
The History of Justinian possibly continued Procopius and ended at the point where Theophanes' later historical work entitled Histories started, that is the second year of Justin II's reign. It seems likely that the History of Justinian was divided into 15 books, one book devoted to each year (Treadgold 2007: 291).
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Bibliography:
  • M.R. Cataudella (2003) 'Historiography in the East'. In: Greek and Roman historiography in Late Antiquity: Fourth to sixth century A.D., ed. G. Marasco. Leiden - Boston: 430-431.
  • W.T. Treadgold (2007) The early Byzantine historians. New York: 290-292.