Eutropius: Breviarium (Translated Texts for Historians, 14)

by Flavius Eutropius, H.W. Bird (Translation)

The first full-scale translation and commentary on Eutropius, whose Breviarium (Abbreviated History of Rome) was a major vehicle for transmitting knowledge of Roman history to people of the Middle Ages and beyond.

Genres: Ancient History, History

186 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 1993

About the author

Flavius Eutropius was an Ancient Roman historian who flourished in the latter half of the 4th century. He held the office of secretary (magister memoriae) at Constantinople, accompanied the Emperor Julian (361–363) on his expedition against the Persians (363), and was alive during the reign of Valens (364–378), to whom he dedicates his Breviarium historiae Romanae and where his history ends.

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