Zosimus' "New History"
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zosimus' "New History" canonical | 1 |
| Zosimus’ New History | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zosimus' "New History" Context triple: [Sack of Rome (410), describedIn, Zosimus' "New History"]
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Josephus’s work "The Jewish War"
Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" is a first-century historical account by the Jewish-Roman historian Flavius Josephus that chronicles the Jewish revolt against Rome, culminating in the siege of Jerusalem and related events.
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B.
Book III: Polybius
Book III: Polybius is a section of Cotton Mather’s historical work *Magnalia Christi Americana* that emulates the style of the ancient historian Polybius to interpret and narrate New England’s colonial history.
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Codex Justinianus
Codex Justinianus is a foundational compilation of Roman imperial laws ordered by Emperor Justinian I, forming a core component of the Corpus Juris Civilis and profoundly influencing later civil law traditions.
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D.
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
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E.
Theodosian Code
The Theodosian Code was a 5th-century compilation of Roman imperial laws commissioned by Emperor Theodosius II that systematized legislation from Constantine onward and became a foundational source for later European legal traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zosimus' "New History" Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Josephus’s work "The Jewish War"
Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" is a first-century historical account by the Jewish-Roman historian Flavius Josephus that chronicles the Jewish revolt against Rome, culminating in the siege of Jerusalem and related events.
-
B.
Book III: Polybius
Book III: Polybius is a section of Cotton Mather’s historical work *Magnalia Christi Americana* that emulates the style of the ancient historian Polybius to interpret and narrate New England’s colonial history.
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C.
Codex Justinianus
Codex Justinianus is a foundational compilation of Roman imperial laws ordered by Emperor Justinian I, forming a core component of the Corpus Juris Civilis and profoundly influencing later civil law traditions.
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D.
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
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E.
Theodosian Code
The Theodosian Code was a 5th-century compilation of Roman imperial laws commissioned by Emperor Theodosius II that systematized legislation from Constantine onward and became a foundational source for later European legal traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek prose text
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historical work ⓘ late antique historiographical work ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | Historia Nea ⓘ |
| author | Zosimus ⓘ |
| chronologicalScope | from the principate to the early Byzantine period ⓘ |
| completionDate | early 6th century (approximate) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
|
| criticalOf |
Christian emperors
ⓘ
barbarian influence in the Roman army ⓘ court eunuchs and imperial favorites ⓘ |
| evaluatedByModernScholarshipAs | tendentious but valuable source ⓘ |
| genre |
historiography
ⓘ
history ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| historicalValue |
important narrative of the Sack of Rome by the Visigoths
ⓘ
important source for the early 5th century Roman Empire ⓘ |
| influencedBy | pagan traditionalist circles in the Eastern Empire ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| notableEventDescribed |
Sack of Rome 410 AD
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surface form:
Sack of Rome in 410
|
| perspective | pagan critique of Christian emperors ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Constantinople (probable) ⓘ |
| portraysFigure |
Alaric I
ⓘ
Constantinus Magnus ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine the Great
Honorius ⓘ Stilicho ⓘ Theodosius I ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective | pagan ⓘ |
| stanceTowardChristianity | critical ⓘ |
| stanceTowardImperialPolicy | critical ⓘ |
| structure | divided into books ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Roman history
ⓘ
classics ⓘ late antique studies ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
military history of the Roman Empire
ⓘ
political history of the Roman Empire ⓘ religious policy of the Roman emperors ⓘ |
| survivesIn | incomplete form ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | Roman Empire from Augustus to early 5th century ⓘ |
| transmittedThrough | Byzantine manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| usesSources |
earlier Greek historians
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imperial documents and records ⓘ |
| viewOnRomanDecline |
attributes decline to abandonment of traditional pagan cults
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attributes decline to misgovernment and corruption ⓘ |
| workTitleInGreek | Νέα Ἱστορία ⓘ |
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Subject: Zosimus' "New History" Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
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subject surface form:
Sack of Rome (410)
this entity surface form:
Zosimus’ New History