Late Antique Historiography

List of emperors from Constantine to Leo

Title(s):
  • List of emperors from Constantine to Leo
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Period covered:
306-474
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Excerpts
Genre:
  • List (rulers)
Remarks:
The work consists of six notices with the exact length of the rule of each emperor, accompanied by notices about depositions of relics in Constantinople. According to Pouderon (1997), the excerpts could be derived from Basil of Cilicia and the Anonymous of Heraclea.
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Bibliography:
  • C. de Boor (1884) 'Zur Kenntnis der Handschriften der griechischen Kirchenhistoriker, Codex Baroccianus 142'. Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte 6: 478-494.
  • B. Pouderon (1994) 'Le témoignage du Codex Baroccianus 142 sur Athénagore et les origines du Didaskaleion d'Alexandrie'. In: Science et vie intellectuelle à Alexandrie (Ier-IIIe siècle après J.-C.), ed. G. Argoud. Saint-Étienne: 163-224.
  • B. Pouderon (1997) 'Les fragments anonymes du Baroc. Gr. 142 et les notices consacrées à Jean Diacrinoménos, Basile de Cilicie et l'anonyme d'Héraclée'. Revue des études byzantines 55: 169-192.