Late Antique Historiography

History

Title(s):
  • History
Author:
Period covered:
The age of Justinian?
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Ecclesiastical history
  • Secular history (classicizing history)
Remarks:
The Byzantine historian Nicephorus Xanthopoulos records that 'those who narrate the events of Justinian' say that the emperor was as pious as Constantine. The reference has not yet been identified. If this is an unattested author, he need not date from Late Antiquity.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos, Ecclesiastical history 17.29 PG 147.296C.
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