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533: 38: 222:. It was compiled with considerable care from the best accessible authorities. It was written in a clear and simple style, and it treats its subjects with general impartiality. The message of the book is simple, that Romans always overcome their problems. This theme became especially important after the Battle of Adrianople. 315:
Although Eutropius's style contains some idiosyncrasies, the work's plain style made it long a favorite elementary Latin schoolbook. A scholarly edition was compiled by H. Droysen in 1879, containing Capito Lycius's Greek edition and the expanded Latin editions of Paul and Landolf. There have been
91:) and was a man of medicine. Others, most notably Harold W. Bird, have dismissed these claims as being highly unlikely. Eutropius has been referred to as 'Italian' in other sources and supposedly held estates in 73:
summarizes events from the founding of Rome in the 8th century BC down to the author's lifetime. Appreciated by later generations for its clear presentation and writing style, the
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The Breviarium ab Urbe Condita of Eutropius the Right Honourable Secretary of State for General Petitions Dedicated to Lord Valens, Gothicus Maximus & Perpetual Emperor
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Its stylistic and methodological virtues caused it to be much used by later Roman chroniclers. In particular, it received expanded editions by
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is small, but it sometimes fills a gap left by the more authoritative records. It is particularly useful to historians for its account of the
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from 371 to 372. He may have also been the Praetorian Prefect of the Illyrian Provinces from 380 to 381, as well as possibly being a
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can be used as a supplement to more comprehensive Roman historical texts that have survived in fragmentary condition.
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around 380 and by Capito Lycius in the 6th century. The latter translation has survived almost in its entirety.
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Eutropius stressed the importance of the Senate in his work. This is probably secret advice to Valens. For the
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The exact background and birthplace of Eutropius is disputed. Some scholars claim he was born in Burdigala (
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as an "excessive" persecutor of Christians, but this seems very unlikely. He was almost certainly a
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Eutropi Breviarium ab urbe condita cum versionibus graecis et Pauli Landolfique additamentis
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against the Sassanids in 363. He survived at least as late as the reign of the emperor
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Portrait of Eutropius as a monk from a 10th-century manuscript (
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numerous English editions and translations, including Bird's.
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implies that it was written during the reign of either
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Kleine und fragmentarische Historiker der Spätantike
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It was translated into 118:He served as the imperial secretary ( 629: 561: 514: 480: 452: 450: 448: 446: 444: 442: 440: 438: 436: 434: 349: 150:(364–378), to whom he dedicated his 638:, vol. IX, Fasc. 1, p. 77 111:and remained one under the emperor 24: 25: 842: 645: 431: 401:. London: Henry G. Bohn (1853). " 210:) is a ten-chapter compendium of 200:Summary from the Founding of Rome 531: 229:period, Eutropius depended upon 523: 135: 486: 388: 355: 13: 1: 562:Bird, Harold W., ed. (1993), 319: 277:The independent value of his 811:4th-century writers in Latin 693:Abridgement of Roman History 680:Abridgement of Roman History 667:Abridgement of Roman History 395:Abridgement of Roman History 324: 195:Breviarium Historiae Romanae 177:Breviarium Historiae Romanae 70:Breviarium Historiae Romanae 7: 722:, Ed. Droysen, Hans. (from 687:; only English translation) 661:and other humanists (Latin) 630:Lieu, Samuel N. C. (1998), 608:Some Minor Roman Historians 249:Enmannsche Kaisergeschichte 10: 847: 657:with detailed comments by 612:, Leiden: Brill, pp.  483:, pp. xliv & seq. 241:, he appears to have used 206:Breviarium ab Urbe Condita 29: 18:Breviarium ab urbe condita 816:4th-century Roman consuls 774: 754: 742: 737: 604:Den Boer, Willem (1972), 272: 115:'s Christian successors. 185:Summary of Roman History 152:Summary of Roman History 554:Encyclopædia Britannica 255:History of the Emperors 82: 806:4th-century historians 685:The Tertullian Project 497: 247: 218:to the short reign of 204: 193: 123: 75: 69: 46: 831:Late-Roman-era pagans 826:Writers from Bordeaux 636:Encyclopaedia Iranica 564:Eutropius: Breviarium 40: 458:"Eutropius - Livius" 706:Eutropii Breviarium 298:Justinian the Great 132:Julian the Apostate 738:Political offices 713:; only Latin text) 362:Eutropius (1993). 47: 43:Laurentian Library 794: 793: 788:Maternus Cynegius 775:Succeeded by 711:The Latin Library 596:978-3-657-78916-0 498:Historia Miscella 399:John Selby Watson 245:and the now lost 130:. 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