Late Antique Historiography

Account of the campaign against the Nardini

Title(s):
  • Account of the campaign against the Nardini
Author:
Period covered:
356-361 or 361
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (classicizing history)
  • Report
  • Oration (panegyric)
  • Secular history (general)
Remarks:
Eunapius narrates how the emperor Julian composed an account of a campaign against the 'Nardini', in reply to an account offered by Cyllenius. He states that it was full of self-praise and more an encomion than a history.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Eunapius, History F23.2 Blockley = F14.7 Müller
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • R. Blockley (1983) The fragmentary classicising historians of the later Roman Empire: Eunapius, Olympiodorus, Priscus and Malchus. Volume Two: Text, translation and historiographical notes. Liverpool.