Greek and Roman historiography in late antiquity : fourth to sixth century A.D. / edited by Gabriele Marasco.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marasco, Gabriele.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography.

History.

Rome--Historiography.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Historiography--Rome.

Greece--Historiography.

Greece.

Historiography--Greece--History--To 1500.

Physical Description:

viii, 540 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Greek & Roman historiography in late antiquity

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, 2003.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Historiography in the Age of Constantine / F. Winkelmann 3

Chapter 2 Ammianus Marcellinus / G. Sabbah 43

Chapter 3 Minor Latin Historians of the Fourth Century A.D. / G. Bonamente 85

Chapter 4 The Historia Augusta and Pagan Historiography / A.R. Birley 127

Chapter 5 The Church Historians after Eusebius / P. Van Deun 151

Chapter 6 Pagan Historiography and the Decline of the Empire / W. Liebeschuetz 177

Chapter 7 The Church Historians (I): Socrates, Sozomenus, and Theodoretus / H. Leppin 219

Chapter 8 The Church Historians (II): Philostorgius and Gelasius of Cyzicus / G. Marasco 257

Chapter 9 The Development of Greek Historiography: Priscus, Malchus, Candidus / R. Blockley 289

Chapter 10 Latin Historiography: Jerome, Orosius and the Western Chronicles / G. Zecchini 317

Chapter 11 Latin Historiography and the Barbarian Kingdoms / B. Croke 349

Chapter 12 Historiography in the East / M.R. Cataudella 391

Chapter 13 The Church Historians and Chalcedon / M. Whitby 449

Chapter 14 The Beginning of Byzantine Chronography: John Malalas / E. Jeffreys 497.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9004112758

OCLC:

51879369