Jesse W. Torgerson: The "Chronographia" of George the Synkellos and Theophanes. The Ends of Time in Ninth-Century Constantinople (reviewed by Roger Scott)

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Document type
Review (monograph)
Journal
Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike
Pages
197-209
Author (Review)
Language(s) (review)
English
Language(s) (reviewed text)
English
Authors
Title
The "Chronographia" of George the Synkellos and Theophanes
Subtitle
The Ends of Time in Ninth-Century Constantinople
Year of publication
2022
Place of publication
Leiden/Boston
Publisher
Brill
Series
Brill's Series on the Early Middle Ages
Series (vol.)
28
Number of pages
XVI, 458
ISBN
978-90-04-50169-0
Subject classification
Byzantine Studies
Time classification
6th - 12th century
Regional classification
South Eastern Europe, Byzantine Empire / ancient
Subject heading
Byzantinisches Reich
Konstantinopel
Georgius, Syncellus : Chronographia
Theophanes, Nonnus
Original source URL
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2025/r-torgerson.pdf
recensio-Date
Apr 09, 2026
recensio-ID
a26520194f1444828bb0059486dcd808

Scott, Roger: review of: Jesse W. Torgerson, The "Chronographia" of George the Synkellos and Theophanes. The Ends of Time in Ninth-Century Constantinople, Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2022, in: Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike, 27 (2025), p. 197-209

URL
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First published
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2025/r-torgerson.pdf

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