The Annales of Eutychius and the fate of Valerian

• Authors: SUSKI Robert
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the chronicle of Eutychius of Alexandria, we find a recast version of the death of Emperor Valerian. Eutychius did not understand the reality of the third century very well. His testimony is interesting, showing that the fate of the unfortunate emperor was not obvious and aroused much conjecture.

Keywords

EN

Sasanians; Iran; Eutychius of Alexandria; Valerian; the crisis of the third century; Shapur I

• Publisher: Uniwersytet w Siedlcach
• Journal: Historia i Świat
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 13
• Pages: 99–112

Contributors

author

SUSKI Robert

• University of Bialystok, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.34739/his.2024.13.06