Late Antique Historiography

History used by John of Lydia

Title(s):
  • History used by John of Lydia
  • Ἡ καθ᾿ὅλου ἱστορία
    (Hē kath’ holou historia, The general history)
Author:
Period covered:
Aeneas-512
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (chronological history)
  • Secular history (general)
Remarks:
John of Lydia refers once to 'the general history', which covered the history of Rome from its origins to 512. Dubuisson and Schamp (2006.i: ccxcv-ccxcvii) suggest that it may be identical with the history of Hesychius the Illustrious.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • John of Lydia, On the magistracies of the Roman state 1.2 and 2.27.1
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • M. Dubuisson, J. Schamp (2006) Jean le Lydien: Des magistratures de l'état romain. Two Volumes (Collection des Universités de France). Paris.