Zosimus' "New History"

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Greek prose text historical work late antique historiographical work

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Zosimus' "New History" canonical	1
Zosimus’ New History	1

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	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: 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 410 AD ⓘ surface form: Sack of Rome in 410
perspective	pagan critique of Christian emperors ⓘ
placeOfComposition	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
portraysFigure	Alaric I ⓘ Constantinus Magnus ⓘ surface form: 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 (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sack of Rome 410 AD → describedIn → Zosimus' "New History" ⓘ

subject surface form: Sack of Rome (410)

Battle of Mardia → describedIn → Zosimus' "New History" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zosimus’ New History