Late Antique Historiography

Epitome of Julius Africanus

Title(s):
  • Epitome of Julius Africanus
  • Ἐπιτομὴ τῶν χρόνων
    (Epitomē tōn chronōn, Summary of the times)
Author:
Period covered:
Adam-Caracalla
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Form (epitome)
  • Chronicle (chronography)
Remarks:
An epitome of Julius Africanus is attested in Basil of Caesarea (= Julius Africanus, Chronography F100) and George Syncellus (= Julius Africanus, Chronography F89). It is unclear whether we are dealing with a single work or with a set of excerpts that may have circulated separately. Such a set of excerpts is attested in the Slavonic translation of George Syncellus, which may be exactly this work (Totomanova 2011, 2012, 2013).
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Julius Africanus, Chronography F89 and F100
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • A.-M. Totomanova (2011) 'A lost Byzantine chronicle in Slavic translation'. Studia ceranea 1: 191-204.
  • A.-M. Totomanova (2013) 'Giulio Africano e la tradizione storiografica slava'. In: Vie per Bisanzio: VII Congresso nazionale dell'Associazione Italiana di Studi Bizantini, Venezia, 25-28 novembre 2009, ed. A. Rigo, A. Babuin, M. Trizio. Bari: 749-769.
  • A.-M. Totomanova (2012) 'The Chronicle of Julius Africanus in Slavic translation'. Scripta&Scripta: 227-236.
  • M. Wallraff (2007) Iulius Africanus, Chronographiae: The extant fragments (Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte, NF 15). Berlin.