Late Antique Historiography

Chronicle

Title(s):
  • Chronicle
  • Epitoma chronicon
    (Epitoma chronicon, Epitome of chronicles)
Author:
Period covered:
Adam-455
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Chronicle (chronica)
  • Form (epitome)
Remarks:
The work was published in at least three (433, 445 and 455) and possibly four (451) editions. Prosper's own chronicle started in 379: before that he offers an augmented epitome of Jerome.
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Bibliography:
  • (1995) Clavis patrum Latinorum (CPL) 2257
  • R. Burgess, M. Kulikowski (2013) Mosaics of time: The Latin chronicle traditions from the first century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. Volume One: A historical introduction to the chronicle genre from its origins to the High Middle Ages (Studies in the early Middle Ages, 33). Turnhout.
  • M. Humphries (1996) 'Chronicle and chronography: Prosper of Aquitaine, his methods and the development of early Medieval chronography'. Early Medieval Europe 5: 155-175.
  • A. Hwang (2009) Intrepid lover of perfect grace: The life and thought of Prosper of Aquitaine. Washington D.C.
  • M. Jankowiak (2002) 'L'accession au trône de Marcien vue de l'Occident: Une usurpation légalisée'. In: Euergesias charin: Studies presented to Benedetto Bravo and Ewa Wipszycka by their disciples, ed. T. Derda e.a. (The Journal of Juristic Papyrology, Supplement 1). Warsaw: 87-129, esp. 97.
  • R. Markus (1986) 'Chronicle and Theology: Prosper of Aquitaine'. In: The inheritance of historiography, 350-900, ed. C. Holdsworth - T.P. Wiseman. Exeter: 31-43.
  • S. Muhlberger (1981) The fifth-century chroniclers: Prosper, Hydatius, and the Gallic chronicler of 452. Liverpool.