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Late 5th/early 6th century Byzantine historian
known about the life of Zosimus except that he was Greek and a pagan. He was not a contemporary of the events of his books. Zosimus' Historia Nova (Ἱστορία
Zosimus_(historian)
Topics referred to by the same term
Zosimus, Zosimos, Zosima or Zosimas may refer to: Rufus and Zosimus (died 107), martyrs Zosimus (martyr) (died 110), martyr executed in Umbria, Italy
Zosimus
Alchemist of the 4th century CE
(Greek: Ζώσιμος ὁ Πανοπολίτης; also known by the Latin name Zosimus Alchemista, i.e. "Zosimus the Alchemist") was an alchemist and Gnostic mystic. He was
Zosimos_of_Panopolis
Head of the Catholic Church from 417 to 418
Pope Zosimus was the bishop of Rome from 18 March 417 to his death on 26 December 418. Zosimus took a decided part in the protracted dispute in Gaul as
Pope_Zosimus
Roman historian and senator (56–120)
AD 56 – c. 120), was a Roman historian and politician. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars. His two major
Tacitus
Roman emperor in 253 AD
south with an army which, according to Zosimus, had been called in as a reinforcement by Gallus. But modern historians believe this army, possibly mobilized
Aemilianus
century), Armenian history Ghazar Parpetsi (441– after 515), Armenian history Zosimus (fl. 491–518), late Roman history Jordanes (6th century), history of the
List_of_historians
Greek Christian church historian
Greek: Σωκράτης ὁ Σχολαστικός), was a 5th-century Greek Christian church historian, a contemporary of Sozomen and Theodoret. He is the author of a Historia
Socrates_of_Constantinople
Roman emperor from 275 to 276
However, it's possible that much of this narrative is fictitious, as Zosimus and Zonaras report that Tacitus was actually proclaimed by the army without
Tacitus_(emperor)
Roman officer and usurper (4th c.)
first told by Ammianus Marcellinus, a contemporary historian, the second exposed by Zosimus, a historian of the beginning of the 6th century. Ammianus Marcellinus
Marcellus_(usurper)
King of the Visigoths from 395 to 410
assumptions, not upon the evidence." See: Zosimus, book 5 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/New_History/Book_the_Fifth See: Zosimus, book 5 http://en.wikisource
Alaric_I
Transitionary period from 383-410
Gauls expelled Constantine's magistrates in 409 or 410. The Byzantine historian Zosimus (fl. 490s – 510s) directly blamed Constantine for the expulsion, saying
End_of_Roman_rule_in_Britain
Roman historian (59 BC – AD 17)
59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy (/ˈlɪvi/ LIV-ee), was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled Ab
Livy
Roman historian
brother Romulus, while Zosimus preferred the explanation given by Asinius Quadratus, that it was named for Rhene (water). Zosimus mentions Jovius, as does
Olympiodorus_of_Thebes
Byzantine historian
or Dukas (Greek: Δούκας; c. 1400 – after 1462) was a Byzantine Greek historian who flourished under Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine Emperor
Doukas_(historian)
Roman empress from 307 to 326
executed and excluded from all official accounts for unknown reasons. Historians Zosimus and Zonaras reported that she was executed for adultery with her stepson
Flavia_Maxima_Fausta
4th-century Roman historian
Gestae 29.2.22. Eunapius, Vitae sophistarum 7.6.6-13. Suda s.v. Φῆστος. Zosimus, Historia Nova 4.15.2-3. "Sextus Rufus" in the Dictionary of Greek and
Festus_(historian)
Book by Henry Smith Williams
The Historians' History of the World, subtitled A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development as Recorded by over two thousand of the Great Writers
The Historians' History of the World
The_Historians'_History_of_the_World
6th-century Syrian scholar and intellectual
tradition, critiquing both Zacharias Rhetor and Zosimus for theological differences, two popular historians during his own time. He respected the former
Evagrius_Scholasticus
Siege and sack of Rome by the Visigoths
for turning away from the traditional pagan gods to Christ. Zosimus, a Roman pagan historian, believed that Christianity, through its abandonment of the
Sack_of_Rome_(410)
German historian and orientalist (c. 1533/1541 – 1594)
He was a friend of Friedrich Sylburg, who published his translation of Zosimus. Other name variants: Hans Lewenklaw, Löwenklau, Joannes Leunclavius, John
Johannes_Leunclavius
Battle between the Goths and the Romans under Emperor Gallienus (268/269)
Claudii, 6.4 Zosimus, 1.42 Zosimus, 1.45 John Bray, p.282. See Zosimus, 1.46 G. Syncellus, p.720 Alaric Watson, p.216 David S. Potter, p.270 Zosimus, Historia
Battle_of_Naissus
5th-century Eastern Roman lawyer and historian
Thebes, who was probably Sozomen's only secular source. A comparison with Zosimus, who also made use of Olympiodorus, seems to show that the whole ninth
Sozomen
Science of Roman historical writing
whether Ammianus intended his work as a continuation of Tacitus. Zosimus was a pagan historian writing around 500 AD, whose six-book history of Rome extended
Roman_historiography
4th and 5th century Franks in today's Netherlands and Belgium
fact mentioned by Zosimus and Ammianus in other parts of their works. Scholars therefore believe this particular passage of Zosimus is faulty, and that
Salian_Franks
Greek sophist and historian
excerpts remain, but the facts are largely incorporated in the work of Zosimus. It embraced the history of events from AD 270–404. The Lives of Philosophers
Eunapius
Roman usurper
The Battle of Mursa left so many Roman soldiers dead that, according to Zosimus, Constantius feared that Rome would no longer be able to effectively hold
Magnentius
6th-century Byzantine writer; historian of ancient Romans and Goths
6th-century Eastern Roman bureaucrat, of Gothic descent, who became a historian later in life. He wrote two works, one on Roman history (Romana) and the
Jordanes
Roman bureaucrat
of the eastern provinces, as well as, according to the 6th-century historian Zosimus, closing pagan temples and suppressing worship of the gods therein
Maternus_Cynegius
Roman caesar from 317 to 326
His stepmother Fausta was also put to death, and the Late Greek historian Zosimus and the Byzantine Greek writer Joannes Zonaras wrote that Constantine
Crispus
Byzantine historian (c. 500 – 565)
Procopius Caesariensis; c. 500 – 565) was a prominent Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea in Palestine. Accompanying the Byzantine general Belisarius
Procopius
Empress of Palmyra in 272
Odaenathus; Zosimus described him as insignificant, appropriate for a five-year-old boy. On the other hand, Macurdy, citing the language Zosimus used when
Zenobia
Age of the ancient Greeks and Romans
1st century BC. The precise end of the Republic is disputed by modern historians; Roman citizens of the time did not recognize that the Republic had ceased
Classical_antiquity
Roman empress in 383
2023-12-05. Sozomen, Historia Ecclesiastica VII.13 Zosimus, Historia Nova 5.39.4 Translation of the 5th Book of Zosimus, our primary source for her existence
Laeta
War between the Goths and the Roman Empire (249–253)
pp. 39–40) Zosimus (6th century, p. I.15) Zosimus (6th century, pp. I.28, 38) Stathakopoulos (2007, p. 95) Wolfram (1990, p. 48) Zosimus (6th century
Gothic_War_(248–253)
312 AD battle in the Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy
gathered an army of around 40,000 soldiers (although the ancient historian Zosimus "claimed, quite implausibly, that Constantine invaded Italy with 90
Battle_of_the_Milvian_Bridge
Head of the Catholic Church from 401 to 417
acted as metropolitan over the bishops of Italia Suburbicaria. The historian Zosimus, in his Historia Nova, suggests that during the sack of Rome in 410
Pope_Innocent_I
Germanic people from the Lower Rhine
However, Zosimus explains that they had previously been settled on the large island of Batavia in the delta, until an invasion by a people who Zosimus called
Franks
5th century violent conflict
reported. Most of the information comes from the work of the Byzantine historian Zosimus (460-515), the Roman poet Rutilius Namatianus (early 5th century)
Bagaudae_Revolt
Part of the civil wars of the Tetrarchy (324 AD)
numbers, and the larger totals attributed to Zosimus, are viewed with suspicion by modern historians. Zosimus is the source for the highest estimates for
Battle_of_Chrysopolis
Roman emperor in 270
(Jerome, Eutropius and Zonaras), 77 days (Filocalus), or "a few months" (Zosimus). Modern scholars believe "17" to be a misreading of a larger number, since
Quintillus
Byzantine Greek historian (c. 1430 – c. 1470)
also latinized as Laonicus Chalcocondyles, was a late medieval Greek historian from Athens. He is known for his Demonstrations of Histories in ten books
Laonikos_Chalkokondyles
5th-century Byzantine Greek historian and diplomat
410s/420s AD – after 472 AD) was an Eastern Roman diplomat and Greek historian and rhetorician (or sophist). Priscus was born in Panion, in Thrace, between
Priscus
Byzantine poet and historian (c. AD 530–582/594)
σχολαστικός; c. AD 530 – 582/594) was a Byzantine poet and the principal historian of part of the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I between 552
Agathias
Greek historian (early 1040s – after 1101)
[jɔˈannes skilˈlit.dzes]; early 1040s – after 1101), was a Byzantine historian of the late 11th century. Very little is known about his life. The title
John_Skylitzes
Ancient tribe of Dacia
Scythian) that dwelt on the Ister. They were mentioned by the Greek historian Zosimus in his work New History alongside the Goths, Carpi and Urugundi. And
Borani_(tribe)
Constantine I's victory over Licinius
successful. What followed, in the words of historian Zosimus, was “a great massacre”. According to Zosimus, Licinius' army suffered losses of 34,000 dead
Battle_of_Adrianople_(324)
European tribe (2nd-4th centuries)
Jordanes XVI (89) Zosimus 500c, p. 3. Ammianus XVI.12.63 Zosimus 500a, pp. 28, 38. Stathokopoulos (2007) 95 Zosimus 500a, pp. 17–22. Zosimus 500a, pp. 27–28
Carpi_(people)
Byzantine historian
Malchus (Ancient Greek: Μάλχος, Málkhos) was a 5th-century Byzantine historian of an Arab origin from the city of Philadelphia (Amman). According to the
Malchus_(historian)
Ancient Greek and Roman purification ritual
halves, which were flung in opposite directions. According to Zosimus, the pagan historian of late antiquity, after Constantine the Great had his son Crispus
Lustratio
Roman emperor from 249 to 251
Traianus in reference to Emperor Trajan. According to the Byzantine historian Zosimus, Decius was clothed in purple and forced to undertake the [burdens
Decius
Roman historian (c. AD 69 – after AD 122)
(/swɪˈtoʊniəs/ swih-TOH-nee-əs; c. AD 69 – after AD 122), was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire. His most
Suetonius
Byzantine historian (1083–1153)
commonly Latinized as Anna Comnena, was a Byzantine Greek princess and historian. She is the author of the Alexiad, an account of the reign of her father
Anna_Komnene
Roman emperor in 193
"Epitome de Caesaribus", English translation at De Imperatoribus Romanis Zosimus, "Historia Nova", English translation at The Tertullian Project Birley
Pertinax
6th-century Byzantine historian
and one of the earliest and the most important historians to write in Syriac. John was a bishop, historian, and writer. He provides one of the only first-hand
John_of_Ephesus
Roman historian and politician (86–35 BC)
anglicised as Sallust (/ˈsæləst/ , SAL-əst; c. 86 – c. 35 BC), was a historian and politician of the Roman Republic from a plebeian family. Probably
Sallust
Byzantine general, statesman and historian (1062/82–1137)
Bryennios; c. 1060 or 1080–1137) was a Byzantine general, statesman and historian. He was born at Orestias (Adrianople) in the theme of Macedonia. The Bryennios
Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger
Nikephoros_Bryennios_the_Younger
Repetition of similar events in history
Narbonensis. By the late 5th century, Zosimus (also called "Zosimus the Historian"; fl. 490s–510s: a Byzantine historian who lived in Constantinople) could
Historical_recurrence
Byzantine historian and philosopher (1242 – c. 1310)
Παχυμέρης, romanized: Geórgios Pachyméris; 1242 – c. 1310) was a Byzantine historian, philosopher, music theorist and miscellaneous writer. Pachymeres was
George_Pachymeres
11th century Byzantine monk and historian
Patrician Procopius Theodorus Lector Theophanes of Byzantium Zacharias Rhetor Zosimus 7th century John of Antioch Trajan the Patrician Theophylact Simocatta
John_Xiphilinus_(historian)
Barbarian invasions against the Roman Empire in the 3rd century
II), p. 579). Zosimus, New History, I, 68.1. Zosimus, New History, I, 67.3. Grant 1984, p. 256). Historia Augusta - Probus, 16.1. Zosimus, New History
Barbarian invasions into the Roman Empire of the 3rd century
Barbarian_invasions_into_the_Roman_Empire_of_the_3rd_century
5th-century Roman military commander
Apollinarius, prefect of Constant's court, as companions. Zosimus, 6.4.2. However Zosimus names Terentius as commander in Spain, a figure otherwise unattested
Terentius_(comes)
5th–6th-century Germanic ethnic group
death of Eutropius. Zosimus believed that was conspiracy between the two Goths from the beginning. It is generally believed by historians that this Phrygian
Ostrogoths
2nd to 4th century group outside Roman borders
as Dacicus Maximus in 336. For the year 381, the Byzantine chronicler Zosimus records an invasion over the Danube by a barbarian coalition of Huns, Sciri
Free_Dacians
Roman emperor from 235 to 238
Ancient History. Vol. XII (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 32. Zosimus, 1:12 Herodian, 8:5:4 Hekster, Olivier (2008). Rome and its Empire, AD
Maximinus_Thrax
Byzantine judge and historian (11th century)
atːaliˈatis]; c. 1022 – 1080) was a Byzantine chronicler, public servant and historian active in Constantinople and around the empire's provinces in the second
Michael_Attaleiates
Roman usurper who was proclaimed emperor in 406 in Roman Britain
of the Emperor Honorius, the ancient sources (Olympiodorus of Thebes, Zosimus and Orosius) generally link the revolt to the barbarian incursions into
Marcus_(usurper)
Roman usurper who was proclaimed emperor in 406 in Roman Britain
Gaul towards Boulogne, and Zosimus wrote that troops in Britain feared an invasion across the English Channel. The historian J. B. Bury speculated that
Gratian_(usurper)
Aspect of the Roman emperor's life
sources for this period are all quite weak.) Zosimus says nothing of Philip's alleged Christianity. Zosimus had no great respect for Philip, and offers
Philip the Arab and Christianity
Philip_the_Arab_and_Christianity
Roman emperor from 305 to 306
Aurelius Victor. Translated by Bird, H. W. Liverpool University Press. 1994. Zosimus, Historia Nova Barnes, Timothy David (1981). Constantine and Eusebius.
Constantius_Chlorus
Roman empress in 421
2 September 421. According to Olympiodorus of Thebes, a historian used as a source by Zosimus, Sozomen and probably Philostorgius, the public grew suspicious
Galla_Placidia
Roman aristocrat and politician
highly idealised. Finally, two later historians wrote about Praetextatus. The first is Zosimus, a pagan historian who lived in the first half of the 6th
Vettius_Agorius_Praetextatus
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 40 – 120s)
after 120) was a Greek and later Roman Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He
Plutarch
Early 7th-century Byzantine historian
seventh-century Byzantine historiographer, arguably ranking as the last historian of Late Antiquity, writing in the time of Heraclius (c. 630) about the
Theophylact_Simocatta
Byzantine aristocrat, monk and historian (c.758/60–c.817/8)
Patrician Procopius Theodorus Lector Theophanes of Byzantium Zacharias Rhetor Zosimus 7th century John of Antioch Trajan the Patrician Theophylact Simocatta
Theophanes_the_Confessor
Roman emperor from 306 to 337
Johannes Leunclavius discovered Zosimus' writings and published a Latin translation in 1576. In its preface, he argues that Zosimus' picture of Constantine offered
Constantine_the_Great
Patrician Procopius Theodorus Lector Theophanes of Byzantium Zacharias Rhetor Zosimus 7th century John of Antioch Trajan the Patrician Theophylact Simocatta
Nonnosus_(historian)
Roman emperor from 383 to 388
allegiance," claimed that he was proclaimed emperor against his will, but Zosimus portrays him as inciting the troops to rebel against Gratian, as he was
Magnus_Maximus
Military conflict with the Roman Empire (395–398 CE)
which this war is reported are the historian Orosius and the poet Claudianus. Other early sources are Zosimus, a historian who probably lived about half a
Revolt_of_Alaric_I
Roman army officer (died 394)
Antioch, fragment 187. Zosimus, IV.33.1–2. Bendle 2024, 102; Wolfram 1990, 132–134. Jones, Martindale & Morris, p. 588. Zosimus 4.35.5; Bendle 2024, 106
Arbogast_(magister_militum)
Roman politician and army officer
of Mursa against Constantius, the brother and co-emperor of Constans. Zosimus related that Romulus was wounded by a dart, but fought on and did not die
Flavius_Romulus
Germanic tribe
type of mobile northern barbarian, not a specific ethnic designation. Zosimus calls these invaders of Italy Alemanni and tribes neighbouring them. In
Juthungi
Roman emperor in 251
of a plague. Zosimus claims that he was killed by Trebonianus Gallus. Gallus's son Volusianus became the new co-emperor. Some historians identify Hostilian
Hostilian
Battle between Romans and Gothic and Scythian tribesmen (251)
as they were covered by the mud. A 6th-century Eastern Roman scholar, Zosimus, also described the total massacre of Decius' troops and the fall of the
Battle_of_Abritus
Zosimus: «"So it happened that Tribigildus, without anyone opposing him, conquered every city and killed all the inhabitants and soldiers".» Zosimus places
Gothic_Revolt_of_Tribigild
Byzantine Greek historian
Cananus or John Kananos (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κανανός) was a Byzantine Greek historian who lived during the first half of the 15th century. Cananus wrote a "a
John_Cananus
6th-century Byzantine historian
the Byzantian; Greek: Μένανδρος Προτήκτωρ or Προτέκτωρ) was a Byzantine historian, born in Constantinople in the middle of the 6th century AD. The little
Menander_Protector
Tax in the Roman Empire
the required forms of payment. According to the early Byzantine writer Zosimus, Emperor Constantine I first initiated this tax, perhaps as early as 325
Collatio_lustralis
Roman emperor from 383 to 408
the prefect was called away to business in Antioch (where according to Zosimus, Rufinus had Lucianus, the comes orientis, flogged to death with whips
Arcadius
405–06 Roman victory over the Goths
(2016), p. 269 "Wijnendaele bases this on allusions by Zosimus" Zosimus 6.2.6, 6.3.3 Orosius Zosimus, Greek history writer, "Historia Nova" Prosper Marcellinus
War_of_Radagaisus
Eternal flame in ancient Rome
a major landmark in the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Zosimus, a Roman pagan historian, believed that Christianity, through its abandonment of the
Sacred_fire_of_Vesta
Roman emperor from 222 to 235
this later text, thus the marriage has been questioned. The ancient historian Zosimus claimed that Alexander was married three times. A man named Varius
Severus_Alexander
7th-century monk and chronicler
anthology of historians, and the Suda makes extensive use of it. However, as a mere epitome of earlier works, it is valued little by modern historians except
John_of_Antioch_(historian)
Usurper of the Roman Empire (died 268)
in ancient sources including the Historia Augusta, Zonaras' epitome and Zosimus' Historia Nova. Aureolus was born in the Roman province of Dacia, north
Aureolus
Roman emperor from 379 to 395
Fana Serena, niece of Theodosius and wife of Flavius Stilicho Zosimus, pagan historian from the time of Anastasius I The head was found near a headless
Theodosius_I
puts this before 376). Zosimus, Historia Nova, book 4. (Zosimus puts this after 376). Zosimus, Historia Nova, book 4. (Zosimus puts this before 383) Philostorgius
Gothic_and_Vandal_warfare
Roman emperor from 253 to 268
Antioch, under Valerian, tried to intercept them but failed. According to Zosimus, this army was infected by a plague that gravely weakened it. In that condition
Gallienus
Early Germanic people
The first two incursions into Asia Minor occurred between 253 and 256; Zosimus attributes them to Boranoi. This may not be an ethnic term but may just
Goths
Roman army general (c. 359 – 408)
light. For events after 404, Zosimus is the main source; he derived his information on Stilicho from two prior historians, whose texts he copies faithfully
Stilicho
Roman emperor from 268 to 270
Victor, Pseudo-Aurelius Victor, Eutropius, Orosius, Joannes Zonaras, and Zosimus, as well as coins and inscriptions. The future emperor Marcus Aurelius
Claudius_Gothicus
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