Zosimus' "New History"
E37101
Zosimus' "New History" is a late antique Greek historical work that offers a pagan, critical account of the Roman Empire’s decline, including a detailed narrative of the Sack of Rome in 410.
Aliases (1)
- New History ×46
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek prose text
→
historical work → late antique historiographical work → |
| alternativeTitle |
Historia Nea
→
|
| author |
Zosimus
→
|
| chronologicalScope |
from the principate to the early Byzantine period
→
|
| completionDate |
early 6th century (approximate)
→
|
| countryOfOrigin |
Eastern Roman Empire
→
|
| criticalOf |
Christian emperors
→
barbarian influence in the Roman army → court eunuchs and imperial favorites → |
| evaluatedByModernScholarshipAs |
tendentious but valuable source
→
|
| genre |
historiography
→
history → |
| historicalPeriod |
Late Antiquity
→
|
| historicalValue |
important narrative of the Sack of Rome by the Visigoths
→
important source for the early 5th century Roman Empire → |
| influencedBy |
pagan traditionalist circles in the Eastern Empire
→
|
| language |
Ancient Greek
→
|
| narrativeFocus |
Roman Empire
→
|
| notableEventDescribed |
Sack of Rome in 410
→
|
| perspective |
pagan critique of Christian emperors
→
|
| placeOfComposition |
Constantinople (probable)
→
|
| portraysFigure |
Alaric I
→
Constantine the Great → Honorius → Stilicho → Theodosius I → |
| religiousPerspective |
pagan
→
|
| stanceTowardChristianity |
critical
→
|
| stanceTowardImperialPolicy |
critical
→
|
| structure |
divided into books
→
|
| studiedInField |
Roman history
→
classics → late antique studies → |
| subjectMatter |
military history of the Roman Empire
→
political history of the Roman Empire → religious policy of the Roman emperors → |
| survivesIn |
incomplete form
→
|
| timePeriodCovered |
Roman Empire from Augustus to early 5th century
→
|
| transmittedThrough |
Byzantine manuscript tradition
→
|
| usesSources |
earlier Greek historians
→
imperial documents and records → |
| viewOnRomanDecline |
attributes decline to abandonment of traditional pagan cults
→
attributes decline to misgovernment and corruption → |
| workTitleInGreek |
Νέα Ἱστορία
→
|
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Sack of Rome (410)
→
|
describedIn |