Anonymus Valesianus

Anonymus Valesianus^[1] (or Excerpta Valesiana) is the conventional title of a compilation of two fragmentary vulgar Latin chronicles, named for its modern editor, Henricus Valesius, who published the texts for the first time in 1636, together with his first printed edition of the Res Gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus. The two fragments are not related, one being from the fourth century and the other from the sixth. The only connection between the two fragments is their presence in the same manuscript and their history of being edited together.^[2] When Henricus' brother Hadrian [fr] re-edited the Anonymus in an edition of Ammianus Marcellinus in 1681, it was the first time that the two excerpts were clearly separated.^[3]

The work of the Anonymus Valesianus is a debated issue of historiography for more than one hundred years, all the more so as both the identity of the authors and the circumstances of the compilation of the work are obscure.^[4]^[3]

^ Given the existence of at least two authors, the plural Anonymi Valesiani is sometimes used.
^ Brian Croke, "Latin Historiography and the Barbarian Kingdoms", in G. Marasco (ed.), Greek and Roman Historiography in Late Antiquity: Fourth to Sixth Century A.D. (Brill, 2003), pp. 352–358.
^ ^a ^b Kovács, Tamás (2017). "Some remarks on Anonymus Valesianus Pars Posterior" (PDF). Chronica: Annual of the Institute of History. 13: 5–16 – via SZTE Publicatio.
^ Winkelmann, Friedhelm (2003). "Historiography int the Age of Constantine". Greek and Roman Historiography in the Late Antiquity Fourth to Sixth Century A.D. Leiden - Boston: Brill. pp. 3–43. ISBN 90-04-11275-8.

[1] Given the existence of at least two authors, the plural Anonymi Valesiani is sometimes used.

[Croke-2] Brian Croke, "Latin Historiography and the Barbarian Kingdoms", in G. Marasco (ed.), Greek and Roman Historiography in Late Antiquity: Fourth to Sixth Century A.D. (Brill, 2003), pp. 352–358.

[:0-3] Kovács, Tamás (2017). "Some remarks on Anonymus Valesianus Pars Posterior" (PDF). Chronica: Annual of the Institute of History. 13: 5–16 – via SZTE Publicatio.

[:1-4] Winkelmann, Friedhelm (2003). "Historiography int the Age of Constantine". Greek and Roman Historiography in the Late Antiquity Fourth to Sixth Century A.D. Leiden - Boston: Brill. pp. 3–43. ISBN 90-04-11275-8.

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