Late Antique Historiography

What happened in the region of Amastrianon

Title(s):
  • What happened in the region of Amastrianon
  • Τὸ ἐν τοῖς Ἀμαστριανοῦ
    (To en tois Amastrianou, What happened in the region of Amastrianon)
Author:
Period covered:
Unknown
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (general)
Remarks:
Averil Cameron and J. Herrin suggest that Caracallus the praepositus was a member of the 'circle' that compiled the Parastaseis syntomai chronikai (Cameron and Herrin 1984: 12). The only fragment is preserved in the Parastaseis syntomai chronikai 41, which is addressed to Philocalus, probably another member of the Parastaseis 'circle'. The office of praepositus had declined by the sixth century (Kazdhan 1991: 1709), which could render an earlier dating for Caracallus possible.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai 41
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • J. Herrin, Av. Cameron (1984) Constantinople in the early eighth century: The Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai. Leiden.
  • A. Kazhdan (1991) The Oxford dictionary of Byzantium. Volume Three. Oxford.