Zosimus in a sentence

The supposedly treacherous behavior of Treboniannus Gallus who, according to Zosimus, Zosimus, 1.25 signalled the final Gothic assault is not accepted today.

After the new synodal letter of the African council of 1 May 418 to the pope, and after the steps taken by the emperor Honorius against the Pelagians, Zosimus issued his Tractoria, in which Pelagianism and its authors were finally condemned.

A later edition in English, "Zosimus: New History" a translation with commentary by Ronald T. Ridley, was published in 1982 by the Australian Association of Byzantine Studies.

Ancient sources commenting on these events attribute this decision either to divine intervention (e.g. Lactantius, Eusebius) or superstition (e.g. Zosimus).

Archbishop Aurelius of Carthage quickly called a synod, which sent a reply to Zosimus in which it was proved that the pope had been deceived by the heretics.

A secretary of Aurelian (called Eros by Zosimus ) had told a lie on a minor issue.

Bentley in particular speaks of Zosimus with great contempt.

Following Julian, Eunapius began—and Zosimus continued—a historiographic tradition that blamed Constantine for weakening the Empire through his indulgence to the Christians.

However, Zosimus also suggests that this attempt by pagans to restore public worship failed due to lack of public interest, suggesting that Rome had been successfully Christianized in the last century.

However, Zosimus may be referring to the Bacaudic rebellion of the Breton inhabitants of Armorica since he describes how, in the aftermath of the revolt, all of Armorica and the rest of Gaul followed the example of the Brettaniai.

In the summer of 417, Zosimus held a meeting of the Roman clergy in the Basilica of St. Clement before which Caelestius appeared.

It is clear that Photius and Evagrius did not have any more of Zosimus' work than what survives today.

One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : citation Historia Nova Zosimus' Historia Nova (Ἱστορία Νέα, "New History") is written in Greek in six books.

Part of their fleet was wrecked, either because of the Gothic inexperience in sailing through the violent currents of the Propontis Zosimus, 1.42 or because it was defeated by the Roman navy.

Quote summary: For example, Theodosius ordered Cynegius (Zosimus 4.37), the praetorian prefect of the East, to permanently close down the temples and forbade the worship of the deities throughout Egypt and the East.

Rhea, called "the mother of the gods" by Zosimus, had a well-ensconced cult in Byzantium from its very foundation.

Shortly after this, Zosimus became involved in a dispute with the African bishops in regard to the right of appeal to the Roman See clerics who had been condemned by their bishops.

Socrates Scholasticus, Church History, book 4, chapter 33. Sozomen, Church History, book 6, chapter 37. Zosimus, Historia Nova, book 4. Ammianus Marcellinus and Philostorgius do not record such conflicts.

Sozomen, Church History, book 6, chapter 37. According to Zosimus, Athanaric (Athomaricus) was the king of the Goths (Scythians).

The first complete edition of the Greek text of Zosimus was that by F. Sylburg (Scriptores Hist. Rom. Min., vol.