1st Edition

The History of Zonaras From Alexander Severus to the Death of Theodosius the Great

By Thomas Banchich, Eugene Lane Copyright 2009
328 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

While an exile from Constantinople, the twelfth-century Byzantine functionary and canonist John Zonaras culled earlier chronicles and histories to compose an account of events from creation to the reign of Alexius Comnenus. For topics where his sources are lost or appear elsewhere in more truncated form, his testimony and the identification of the texts on which he depends are of... Read more

Acknowledgements.  Abbreviations.  Introduction.  Epitome of HistoriesPrologue and Postscript.  Commentary on Prologue and Postscript.  Book XII.15-35.  Commentary on Book XII.15-35.  Book XIII.1-19.  Commentary on Book XIII.1-19.  Bibliography  Indices: Zonaras' Military and Administrative Terminology.  Index of Passages Cited.  Index of People and Places

Biography

Canisius College, Buffalo, USA