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Zosimus: New History
Preliminary Material /Ronald T. Ridley -- Introduction /Ronald T. Ridley -- Book I /Ronald T. Ridley -- Book II /Ronald T. Ridley -- Book III /Ronald T. Ridley -- Book IV /Ronald T. Ridley -- Book V /Ronald T. Ridley -- Book VI /Ronald T. Ridley -- Book I /Ronald T. Ridley -- Book II /Ronald T. Ridley -- Book III /Ronald T. Ridley -- Book IV /Ronald T. Ridley -- Book V /Ronald T. Ridley -- Notes on the Commentary /Ronald T. Ridley -- Bibliograph /Ronald T. Ridley -- Index /Ronald T. Ridley.
Delphi Complete Works of Zosimus (Illustrated)
The early sixth century historian Zosimus of Constantinople was conservative in his outlook, continuing to believe in the ancient pagan gods, even though he flourished more than a century after Constantine. His ‘New History’ offers a brief sketch of the history of the early Roman emperors from Augustus to Diocletian, before dealing more fully with the ascension of Constantius Chlorus and Galerius to the death of Theodosius I. The final books chart the events leading up to the sack of Rome in 410. Zosimus’ style is characterised as concise, clear and pure. His object was to account for the decline of the Roman Empire from the pagan point of view, blaming the rise of the new faith for th...
History of Zosimus
WHEN Polybius of Megalopolis proposed to write the history of all the remarkable occurrences of his own times, he thought it proper to demonstrate by facts, that the Romans, who were continually at war with the neighbouring states, for six hundred years after the building of their city, acquired in that space of time no considerable extent of dominion. But after they had subdued a small part of Italy, which upon the invasion of Hannibal they lost at the battle of Cannae, and viewed their enemies under their own walls; they made so great a progress in good fortune, that in less than fifty-three years, they became masters, not only of all Italy and Africa, but likewise of Spain. And being stil...
New History
New History is a historical narrative by Zosimus. The author was a Greek historian known for condemning Constantine's rejection of the traditional polytheistic religion.
