Breviarium historiae romanae
Constantinople (Istanbul)
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Eutropius
Eutropius
c. 320 CE–c. 390 CE · Constantinople (Istanbul)
Eutropius was a Roman historian of the later 4th century CE who held a high post in the imperial administration. He wrote the 'Breviarium,' a concise summary of Roman history from the founding of the city to his own day, composed for the emperor Valens. Its clarity made it a popular school text and an important source, later translated into Greek.
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Constantinople (Istanbul)קונסטנטינופולOttoman Empire
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About Constantinople (Istanbul)
Major post-1492 Sephardi center under Ottoman protection. Home of R. Yehudah Rosanes (Mishneh L'Melech) and many other Acharonim.
In Constantinople (Istanbul) at the same time
Across the traditions, in Constantinople (Istanbul) at the same time
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Sages whose lives overlapped with Eutropius’s in the same cities, drawn from their recorded journeys.
Across the traditions
- Arius· Constantinople (Istanbul)
- Eusebius of Caesarea· Constantinople (Istanbul)
- Cyril of Jerusalem· Constantinople (Istanbul)
- Gregory of Nazianzus· Constantinople (Istanbul)
- Basil of Caesarea· Constantinople (Istanbul)
- Gregory of Nyssa· Constantinople (Istanbul)
- Evagrius Ponticus· Constantinople (Istanbul)
- Jerome· Constantinople (Istanbul)
- Nilus of Sinai· Constantinople (Istanbul)
- Socrates Scholasticus· Constantinople (Istanbul)
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Thinkers and teachers of other traditions whose lives overlapped with Eutropius’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.