Olympiodorus of Thebes

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ancient Greek historian diplomat late antique writer

Olympiodorus of Thebes was a late antique Greek historian and diplomat whose now-lost historical work on the early 5th-century Roman Empire significantly influenced later writers such as Zosimus.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek historian ⓘ diplomat ⓘ late antique writer ⓘ
activity	undertook diplomatic missions for the Roman state ⓘ
approximateDateOfActivity	c. 400–425 CE ⓘ
citedBy	Photius NERFINISHED ⓘ Zosimus NERFINISHED ⓘ later Byzantine compilers ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs	pagan ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Roman history ⓘ late antiquity studies ⓘ
floruit	early 5th century ⓘ
genre	historiography ⓘ
historicalReputation	important source for the early 5th-century Roman Empire ⓘ
influenced	Zosimus NERFINISHED ⓘ later late antique historians ⓘ
knownFrom	fragments preserved in later authors ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainSubject	early 5th-century Roman politics ⓘ history of the Roman Empire ⓘ
notableWork	historical work on the early 5th-century Roman Empire ⓘ
occupation	diplomat ⓘ historian ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext	non-Christian perspective on late Roman history ⓘ
timePeriodWrittenAbout	early 5th-century Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ early 5th-century Western Roman Empire ⓘ reign of Honorius ⓘ
workForm	prose history ⓘ
workStatus	lost ⓘ

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Zosimus → usesSourcesFrom → Olympiodorus of Thebes ⓘ