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St Photius the Great, tr. Freese, 1920; selections
29. Codex 29: Evagrius Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History
Read the Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius1 Scholasticus, an ex-praefect, born at Epiphania in Coele-Syria, in six books. The work begins where those of Socrates and Theodoret end, and goes down to the twelfth year of the reign of the emperor Maurice.2 The style is not without charm, although somewhat diffuse; in matters of doctrine he is certainly more trustworthy than other historians. The work also contains some passages about images.
Notes
- About 536-600. He was an advocate (Scholasticus).
- That is, it covers the period from 431 to 593.