Late Antique Historiography

On the campaign against the Nardini

Title(s):
  • On the campaign against the Nardini
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Period covered:
356-361 (Julian's campaigns against Germans) or 361 (Julian's travel down the Danube)
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (classicizing history)
  • Secular history (general)
Remarks:
According to Eunapius, Cyllenius' work dealt with a campaign κατὰ Ναρδινῶν (FGrHist 222 T 1): since we do not know of a people called this way, Eunapius' text is almost certainly corrupt. Different emendations have been proposed: Ἀλαμανῶν (Bekker 1829: 66), Χνοδομαρίου (Thompson 1943: 70), Ναρνισκῶν, (Müller 1851: 20), Δαρδάνων (Blockley 1981: 213-214). According to the first three corrections, Cyllenius described Julian's campaigns against the Germans (356-361); the last one is linked to Julian's journey down the Danube (361).
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