Zosimus

• Zosimus (460-520 CE) was a Greek Historian who described the Roman Empire between 27 BCE-410 CE.
• He wrote during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I (491-518 CE).

Works

• The Historia Nova
  • The ‘New History’ was written in six Books.
  • It covers the period between Augustus (27 BCE-14 CE) and 410 CE.
  • Zosimus is the only non-Christian source to describe the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.