Agathias' Histories
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Agathias' Histories is a 6th-century Byzantine historical work by Agathias Scholasticus that continues Procopius’ narrative, focusing on Justinian’s reign and events such as the Colchidian War.
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| Agathias' Histories canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21540954 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Agathias' Histories Context triple: [Colchidian War, describedIn, Agathias' Histories]
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A.
History of the Wars by Procopius
History of the Wars by Procopius is a 6th-century Byzantine historical work that chronicles Emperor Justinian I’s military campaigns, including the Vandalic War, Gothic War, and Persian conflicts.
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B.
Procopius’s "Secret History"
Procopius’s "Secret History" is a scandal-filled, behind-the-scenes account of Emperor Justinian’s court that viciously attacks the character and private lives of Justinian, Empress Theodora, and their associates.
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C.
Skylitzes’ Synopsis of Histories
Skylitzes’ Synopsis of Histories is a 12th-century Byzantine historical chronicle by John Skylitzes that narrates the reigns of Byzantine emperors from 811 to 1057, drawing on earlier sources to provide a key account of Middle Byzantine political and military history.
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D.
Sozomen’s Ecclesiastical History
Sozomen’s Ecclesiastical History is a 5th-century Christian church history that continues and expands earlier narratives to chronicle ecclesiastical and political events from Constantine’s reign through the early Byzantine period.
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E.
Zosimus' "New History"
Zosimus' "New History" is a late antique Greek historical work that offers a pagan, critical account of the Roman Empire’s decline, including a detailed narrative of the Sack of Rome in 410.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Agathias' Histories Target entity description: Agathias' Histories is a 6th-century Byzantine historical work by Agathias Scholasticus that continues Procopius’ narrative, focusing on Justinian’s reign and events such as the Colchidian War.
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A.
History of the Wars by Procopius
History of the Wars by Procopius is a 6th-century Byzantine historical work that chronicles Emperor Justinian I’s military campaigns, including the Vandalic War, Gothic War, and Persian conflicts.
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B.
Procopius’s "Secret History"
Procopius’s "Secret History" is a scandal-filled, behind-the-scenes account of Emperor Justinian’s court that viciously attacks the character and private lives of Justinian, Empress Theodora, and their associates.
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C.
Skylitzes’ Synopsis of Histories
Skylitzes’ Synopsis of Histories is a 12th-century Byzantine historical chronicle by John Skylitzes that narrates the reigns of Byzantine emperors from 811 to 1057, drawing on earlier sources to provide a key account of Middle Byzantine political and military history.
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D.
Sozomen’s Ecclesiastical History
Sozomen’s Ecclesiastical History is a 5th-century Christian church history that continues and expands earlier narratives to chronicle ecclesiastical and political events from Constantine’s reign through the early Byzantine period.
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E.
Zosimus' "New History"
Zosimus' "New History" is a late antique Greek historical work that offers a pagan, critical account of the Roman Empire’s decline, including a detailed narrative of the Sack of Rome in 410.
- F. None of above. chosen
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