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Socrates of Constantinople | |
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Born | Socrates 380 Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
Died | 439 (aged c. 59) |
Occupation | Historian |
Period | Theodosian dynasty |
Socrates of Constantinople (c. 380 – after 439), also known as Socrates Scholasticus (Greek: Σωκράτης ὁ Σχολαστικός[1]), was a 5th-century Greek Christian church historian, a contemporary of Sozomen and Theodoret.[2]
He is the author of a Historia Ecclesiastica ("Church History", Ἐκκλησιαστική Ἱστορία) which covers the history of late ancient Christianity during the years 305 to 439.
Socrates of Constantinople, Greek historian [...]