The chronicle of pseudo-Joshua the Stylite

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The chronicle of pseudo-Joshua the Stylite

translated with notes and introduction by Frank R. Trombley and John W. Watt

(Translated texts for historians, v. 32)

Liverpool University Press, 2011

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-136) and indexes

Translated from the Syriac

"This edition 2011" -- T.p. verso

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This is a Syriac text written, in all probability, by an inhabitant of Edessa almost immediately after the conclusion of the war between Rome and Persia in 502-506 AD. Although that conflict is treated in other ancient texts, none of them can match 'Joshua' in his wealth of detail, his familiarity with the region where the hostilities occurred, and his proximity in time to the events. The Chronicle also vividly describes the famine and plague that swept through Edessa in the years immediately before the war. The work is a document of great importance for both the social and military history of late antiquity, remarkable for the information it provides on Roman and Persian empires alike.

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  • NCID
    BB3090998X
  • ISBN
    • 9780853235859
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    syr
  • Place of Publication
    Liverpool
  • Pages/Volumes
    lv, 170 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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