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Socrates Scholasticus

c. 380 – c. 440 · b. Constantinople
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Lay historian. His Ecclesiastical History (305-439) continues Eusebius and is a primary source for the fourth and early fifth centuries.

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Sources for biography

  • Socrates Scholasticus, Hist. Eccl. (preface and passim) primary

documented connections(2)

  • cited Eusebius of Caesarea
    Socrates' Hist. Eccl. begins where Eusebius left off.
    Socrates Scholasticus, Hist. Eccl. 1 (preface)
  • cited (incoming) Sozomen
    Sozomen drew heavily on Socrates.
    Sozomen, Hist. Eccl. (preface)

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