late antique historiographical work
C8598
concept
A late antique historiographical work is a narrative or analytical text composed between roughly the third and eighth centuries CE that interprets past events, often blending classical historical methods with emerging religious, political, and cultural perspectives of the period.
Aliases (4)
- late antique text ×2
- ancient historical text ×1
- doxographical work ×1
- late antique Latin prose work ×1
Instances (5)
- hagiography "Life of St Martin" by Sulpicius Severus ("late antique Latin prose work")
- Life of Constantine ("late antique text")
- Confessio ("late antique text")
- Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ("doxographical work")
- The Life of Flavius Josephus ("ancient historical text")