Zosimus, New History. London: Green and Chaplin (1814). Prefatory material


THE

HISTORY

OF

COUNT ZOSIMUS,

SOMETIME

ADVOCATE AND CHANCELLOR

OF THE

Roman Empire

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G. J. VOSSIUS

CONCERNING THE AUTHOR.
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THE language of Zosimus, according to the judgment of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople, in his BIBLIOTHECA, is concise, expressive, pure, and sweet; but, being a Heathen, he often reproaches the Christian Princes, and is upon that account reprehended by the same Photius, by Evagrius, Nicephorus, and others : it is, however, the opinion of Leunclavius, that Zosimus ought to be believed even in those relations, there being no doubt that the Christian Princes were guilty of many enormities, which could not be passed over by the faithful Historian.



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