Herodian(2)
, historian
Herodian(2)
, historian
- Alexander Hugh McDonald
- and Antony Spawforth
Extract
Herodian (2) of eastern origin, perhaps from *Antioch(1), a subordinate official in Rome early in the 3rd cent. ce and probably an imperial freedman (see PIR I, II, III2 H 160), wrote a Greek History of the Empire after Marcus in eight books from M. *Aurelius to *Gordian III (ce 180–238).Subjects
- Greek Literature
- Near East
