Sozomen, Barbarians, and Early Byzantine Historiography

<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Sozomen in his</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><em>Ecclesiastical History</em>...

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Main Author: Walter Stevenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Duke University 2006-03-01
Series:Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Online Access:http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/1821
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Summary:<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Sozomen in his</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><em>Ecclesiastical History</em></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">departs from the tradition of Eusebius, which focused on the triumph of Christianity in the Empire, in employing ethnography as a proper element of Christian historiography, emphasizing the mission of conversion of foreign peoples.</span>
ISSN:0017-3916
2159-3159