Histories

Title(s):
  • Histories
  • Historiae
    (Historiae, Histories)
Period covered:
972-597 B.C.
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Sacred history
Remarks:
The work is a paraphrase of the biblical books of Kings and Chronicles.
Anonymous (Deeds of the Maccabees) has been ascribed to Pseudo-Hegesippus.
Edition - Translation:
  • L. Van Hoof, P. Van Nuffelen (2020) The fragmentary Latin histories of Late Antiquity (A.D. 300-650): Edition, translation and commentary. Cambridge.
Fragments:
  • Hegesippus, Histories pr.1
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Sources:
Bibliography:
  • C. Somenzi (2009) Egesippo-Ambrogio: Formazione scolastica e cristiana a Roma alla metà del IV secolo. Milan.