Late Antique Historiography

Report

Title(s):
  • Report
Author:
Period covered:
571
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Collection
  • Report
Remarks:
According to John of Ephesus, Zemarchus led a delegation to the khan of the Turks in the seventh year of Justinian II's rule (571). The text is not explicitly ascribed to Zemarchus but to all the ambassadors.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • John of Ephesus, Ecclesiastical history 6.23 [Brooks 1935: 324.11-13]
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • E.W. Brooks (1935) (ed.) Iohannis Ephesini Historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 105: Scriptores Syri, 54). Leuven.
  • E.W. Brooks (1936) (tr.) Iohannis Ephesini Historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 106: Scriptores Syri, 55). Leuven.
  • I.I. Russu (1970) 'Zemarchus: Ein Beitrag zur byzantinischen Prosopographie (6. Jh)'. Dacia: Revue d'archéologie et d'histoire ancienne 14: 411-418, esp. 415-416.