Late Antique Historiography

Book of the consuls

Title(s):
  • Book of the consuls
  • ܟܬܒܐ ܕܗܘ̈ܦܛܝܣ
    (ktābā d-hūpaṭīs, Book of consuls)
Author:
Period covered:
At least 412
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Chronicle (consularia)
Remarks:
The fragments note the death of Theophilus and the accession of Cyril of Alexandria. This may imply an Alexandrian origin, whilst the title 'Book of the consuls' probably indicates a consularia.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Elias of Nisibis, Chronicle [Brooks 1910: 111.22-111.25]
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • E.W. Brooks (1910) Eliae metropolitae Nisibeni opus chronologicum. Two Volumes (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 62: Scriptores Syri, 22-23). Paris - Leipzig: Volume One.