The History of Zonaras by M. Banchich and E. N. Lane

Zonaras was a major functionary in the Byzantine court of the twelfth century. His Epitome Historiarum (Extracts of History), in eighteen books, covered the history of the world from the creation to the twelfth century. It is one of the few sources covering the history of the third and fourth centuries, and it is therefore of extreme importance to anybody wanting to study the events of the "Third Century Crisis" and the history of Diocletian or Constantine the Great and his sons, bridging the gap between the writers of the first and second century and Ammianus Marcellinus in the fourth...

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