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John Malalas
John Malalas (; ; – 578) was a Byzantine chronicler from Antioch in Asia Minor. Life Of Syrian descent, Malalas was a native speaker of Syriac who learned how to write in Greek later in his life. The name ''Malalas'' probably derived from the Syriac word 'rhetor, orator'; it is first applied to him by John of Damascus. The alternative form ''Malelas'' is later, first appearing in Constantine VII. Malalas was educated in Antioch, and probably was a jurist there, but moved to Constantinople at some point in Justinian I's reign (perhaps after the sack of Antioch by the Sasanian Empire in 540); all we know of his travels from his own hand are visits to Thessalonica and Paneas. Writing He wrote a ''Chronographia'' () in 18 books, the beginning and the end of which are lost. In its present state it begins with the mythical history of Egypt and ends with the expedition to Roman Africa under the tribune Marcianus, Justinian's nephew, in 563 (his editor Thurn believi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived History of the Roman Empire, the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th centuryAD, it endured until the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. The term 'Byzantine Empire' was coined only after its demise; its citizens used the term 'Roman Empire' and called themselves 'Romans'. During the early centuries of the Roman Empire, the western provinces were Romanization (cultural), Latinised, but the eastern parts kept their Hellenistic culture. Constantine the Great, Constantine I () legalised Christianity and moved the capital to Constantinople. Theodosius I, Theodosius I () made Christianity the state religion and Greek gradually replaced Latin for official use. The empire adopted a defensive strategy and, throughout its remaining history, expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historia Chronica
Historia may refer to: * Historia, the local version of the History channel in Spain and Portugal * Historia (TV channel), a Canadian French language specialty channel * ''Historia'' (newspaper), a French monthly newspaper devoted to History topics * Historia (video), a compilation video released by Def Leppard * ''Historia'' (Antiquity journal), a peer-reviewed history journal specialised in Greek and Roman Antiquity * ''Historia'' (history of the Americas journal), a peer-reviewed history journal dealing with the history of the Americas * the Latin word for historiography * Historia (drama), an unfinished drama of Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz, compiled from the author's notes by Konstanty Jeleński * Historia Reiss, a fictional character in Japanese manga and anime series ''Attack on Titan'' * Historia (Romanian magazine), history magazine owned by Adevărul See also * ''Historias'', by Ricardo Arona * Herstory, feminism * History (other) * Histories (disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philostratus (historian)
Philostratus or Lucius Flavius Philostratus (; ; 170s – 240s AD), called "the Athenian", was a Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period. His father was a minor sophist of the same name. He flourished during the reign of Septimius Severus (193–211) and died during that of Philip the Arab (244–249), probably in Tyre. Name and life Some ambiguity surrounds his name. The nomen ''Flavius'' is given in ''The Lives of the Sophists'' and Tzetzes. Eunapius and Synesius call him a Lemnian; Photius a Tyrian; his letters refer to him as an Athenian. His praenomen was probably ''Lucius'', although this is not entirely confirmed. It is probable that he was born in Lemnos, studied and taught at Athens, and then settled in Rome (where he would naturally be called ''Atheniensis'') as a member of the learned circle with which empress Julia Domna surrounded herself. Works attributed to Philostratus Historians agree that Philostratus authored at least five works: '' Life of Apolloni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nestorianus
Nestorianus (Greek: , ''Nestorianos'') was a Greek historian who wrote a chronicle that covered the Roman Empire down to 474. It is considered lost and is known only through its use by John Malalas and the anonymous author of the ''Chronicon Paschale''.Nestorianus at Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris (CHAP). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eutychianus (historian)
Eutychianus: * Pope Eutychian Pope Eutychian, also called Eutychianus (), was the bishop of Rome from 4 January 275 to his death on 7 December 283. Eutychian's original epitaph was discovered in the catacomb of Callixtus (see Kraus, ''Roma sotterranea'', p. 154 et seq ... (275–283) * Flavius Eutychianus, Roman consul in 398 * Eutychianus of Adana, 6th century writer {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eutropius (historian)
Eutropius (–387) was a Roman people, Roman official and Roman historiography, historian. His book summarizes events from the founding of Rome in the 8th century BC down to the author's lifetime. Appreciated by later generations for its clear presentation and writing style, the can be used as a supplement to more comprehensive Roman historical texts that have survived in fragmentary condition. Life The exact background and birthplace of Eutropius is disputed. Some scholars claim he was born in Burdigala (Bordeaux) and was a man of medicine. Others, most notably Harold W. Bird, have dismissed these claims as being highly unlikely. Eutropius has been referred to as 'Italian' in other sources and supposedly held estates in Asia (Roman province), Asia. Aside from that, his name was Greek, making it unlikely he came from Roman Gaul, Gaul. Confusion about this has arisen because Eutropius was a popular name in late antiquity. Some believed him to have had Christian sympathies because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eustathius Of Epiphania
Eustathius of Epiphania (, died after 518) was a sixth-century Byzantine historian. Eustathius was born in Epiphania (modern Hama, Syria). He was probably a Christian and wrote in the time of the emperor Anastasius I a history (''Chronological Epitome'') from the fall of Troy to the 12th year of Anastasius (502/3) in two parts. The chronicle was used by later historians, but only a few fragments remain preserved in Evagrius Scholasticus, the Suda and John Malalas. According to Evagrius, Eustathius's work was an epitome (a compilation, not an abridgementCf. Treadgold, p. 118.) of pagan and ecclesiastical writers. Eustathius is also known to have compiled an epitome of Josephus (''Historikon of the Judaean Archaeology by Iosepos''). It is likely the same as a short 13th/14th-century text preserved in Paris. It begins with Adam and Eve and reaches to the reign of Vespasian and Titus Titus Caesar Vespasianus ( ; 30 December 39 – 13 September AD 81) was Roman emperor f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domninus (historian)
Domninus may refer to: Saints *Saint Domninus or Saint Domnius, also Saint Duje, 3rd-century Syrian martyr-bishop, patron of the city of Split *Saint Domninus of Fidenza (San Donnino di Fidenza) (d. 304) *Saint Domninus of Parma (early 4th century), martyr under Diocletian *Saint Domninus of Thessalonica (early 4th century), martyr (October 1, Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Saint Domninus of Digne, otherwise Saint Domnin (d. 379) *Saint Domninus of Grenoble (d. 386), first bishop of Grenoble *Saint Domninus of Vienne (d. 536), bishop of Vienne Others * Domninus of Larissa, 5th-century Hellenistic Syrian Jewish mathematician *Domninus of Antioch (Domnus), patriarch of Antioch (see List of Patriarchs of Antioch) * Domnus II of Antioch *Roman figure in the time of Petronius Maximus *Man whom Serapion of Antioch Serapion of Antioch was a Patriarch of Antioch ( Greek: Σεραπίων; 191–211). He is known primarily through his theological writings, although all but a few fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charax Of Pergamum
Charax (Χάραξ) may refer to: * Aulus Claudius Charax, a 2nd-century AD Roman senator and historian * Charax, alternate name of Acharaca, an ancient oracle site in Lydia, Anatolia * Charax, alternate name of Charakipolis, an ancient town in Lydia, Anatolia * Charax, alternate name of Tralles, an ancient city in Lydia, Anatolia * Charax (Corsica), ancient site in Corsica * Charax (Lesser Armenia), ancient site in Lesser Armenia (now in Turkey) * Charax (Media Atropatene), ancient site in Media Atropatene (now in Iran) * Charax (Pontus), town of ancient Pontus (now in Turkey) * Charax (Thessaly), ancient site in Thessaly, Greece * Charax Alexandri, ancient site in Phrygia, Anatolia * Charax, Crimea, the largest Roman military settlement excavated in the Crimea * Charax Spasinu, an ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf * Charax Sidae or Anthemusias, an ancient Mesopotamian town near Seleucia in Mesopotamia * Charax, Rhagiana, a Seleucid and Parthian city in the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Scholasticus
John Scholasticus or Scholastikos. (; 503 – 31 August 577) was patriarch of Constantinople from 12 April 565 until his death on 31 August 577. He is also regarded as a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Life He was born at Sirimis, in the region of Cynegia, near Antioch. There was a flourishing college of lawyers at Antioch, where he entered and did himself credit. This was suppressed in 533 by Emperor Justinian I. John was ordained and became agent and secretary of his church. This would bring him into touch with the court at Constantinople. When Justinian I, towards the close of his life, tried to raise the sect of the Aphthartodocetae to the rank of Orthodoxy and determined to expel Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople for his opposition, the able lawyer-ecclesiastic of Antioch, who had already distinguished himself by his great edition of the canons, was chosen to carry out the imperial will. He was also credited for methodical classification of Canon law, the Dig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eusebius Of Caesarea
Eusebius of Caesarea (30 May AD 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilius, was a historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian polemicist from the Roman province of Syria Palaestina. In about AD 314 he became the bishop of Caesarea Maritima. Together with Pamphilus, Eusebius was a scholar of the biblical canon and is regarded as one of the most learned Christians during late antiquity. He wrote the ''Demonstrations of the Gospel'', '' Preparations for the Gospel'' and ''On Discrepancies between the Gospels'', studies of the biblical text. His work '' Onomasticon'' is an early geographical lexicon of places in the Holy Land mentioned in the Bible. As "Father of Church History" (not to be confused with the title of Church Father), he produced the ''Ecclesiastical History'', ''On the Life of Pamphilus'', the ''Chronicle'' and ''On the Martyrs''. He also produced a biographical work on Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman emperor, who was ''Augustus'' between A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
