Zosimus' "New History"

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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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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 ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine 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 ⓘ
linked to: Sack of Rome 410 AD
perspective pagan critique of Christian emperors ⓘ
placeOfComposition Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
portraysFigure Alaric I ⓘ
Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to: Constantinus Magnus

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 ⓘ

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Sack of Rome (410) → describedIn → Zosimus' "New History" ⓘ
subject linked to: Sack of Rome 410 AD
Battle of Mardia → describedIn → Zosimus’ New History ⓘ
linked to: Zosimus' "New History"
Aurelian’s eastern campaign → primarySource → Zosimus’ New History ⓘ
linked to: Zosimus' "New History"