Historia Nea

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Historia Nea is the Latin title of the historical work "New History," traditionally attributed to the late antique historian Zosimus.

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Historia Nea canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical work
history book
late antique historiographical work
associatedWith Byzantine chronicles
surface form: Byzantine historiography
author Zosimus
circulation Byzantine scholarly circles
criticalOf Christian emperors
Christianization of the Roman Empire
dateOfComposition early 6th century
focusesOn decline of the Roman Empire
genre historiography
political history
hasTitle Νέα Ἱστορία
surface form: New History
historicalPerspective anti-Constantinian
anti-Theodosian
incompleteReason lost ending
interpretationOfDecline attributed to abandonment of pagan gods
keyEventDescribed Gothic War
surface form: Gothic wars

Stilicho
surface form: reign of Stilicho

Sack of Rome 410 AD
surface form: sack of Rome by Alaric

usurpation of Constantine III
language Ancient Greek
literaryForm prose
modernFieldOfStudy Byzantine studies
classics
late antique studies
narrativePerspective pagan
originalTitle Νέα Ἱστορία
originalTitleLanguage Ancient Greek
placeOfComposition Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
preservedIn medieval manuscripts
regionDescribed Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Western Roman Empire
religiousPerspective pagan
structure six books
subject history of the Roman Empire
Late Antiquity
surface form: late Roman Empire
supports traditional Roman pagan religion
survivalStatus incomplete
timePeriodCovered 3rd century crisis of the Roman Empire
from Augustus to the early 6th century
reign of Constantine the Great
reign of Honorius
reign of Theodosius I
sack of Rome in 410
titleLanguage Latin
traditionalAuthor Zosimus
usedAsSourceBy later Byzantine historians

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Zosimus' "New History" alternativeTitle Historia Nea
subject surface form: New History