Routledge The History of Zonaras - Classical Translations

Explore a vital piece of Byzantine history with this Routledge Classical Translation of The History of Zonaras. Written by the twelfth-century Byzantine functionary and canonist John Zonaras, this work serves as a massive historical record compiled during his exile from Constantinople. Zonaras carefully gathered earlier chronicles to build a comprehensive account of events starting from creation through the reign of Alexius Comnenus. This volume focuses on the period from the reign of Alexander Severus to the death of Theodosius the Great. For historians and students of the ancient world, this text provides significant value. Zonaras used now-lost portions of Cassius Dio to cover the first two centuries of the Principate. Because his sources for other topics are often lost or exist only in truncated forms, his testimony and his ability to identify his source texts are of major importance for understanding the transition from the Roman Empire to the Byzantine era.