Polemius Silvius
Polemius Silvius was a Roman writer of the 5th century AD.
Polemius Silvius put together a festival calendar in 448/449. This is dedicated to the Bishop of Lyon , Eucherius , and is preserved in just one manuscript. Some pagan elements are left out, but Christian elements are added. A list of the Roman provinces , especially the Gallic provinces, as well as a listing of the Roman emperors up to Theodosius II and Valentinian III form an appendix . (“Nomina omnium principum Romanorum”), the buildings and topographical features of Rome and the animal names as well as a brief historical overview since the flood (“Breviarium temporum”).
expenditure
- Origo Gentis Romanorum - Polemius Silvius - Narratio de Imperatoribus. Edited by Bruno Bleckmann et al. (= Small and fragmentary historians of late antiquity . Volume B 5–7). Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2017, pp. 141-239 (scientific edition of the Roman imperial list and the historical outline since the Flood, with extensive commentary).
- Polemii Silvii Latercvlvs. Edited by David Paniagua (= Fonti per la Storia dell'Italia medievale . Antiquitates, Volume 51). Sede dell'Istituto Palazzo Borromini, Rome 2018, ISBN 978-88-980-7984-1 (scientific edition of the entire work with a very detailed introduction to the handwritten tradition).
literature
- Paul Kroh: Lexicon of ancient authors (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 366). Kröner, Stuttgart 1972, ISBN 3-520-36601-0 , p. 506.
- Konrat Ziegler : Polemius Silvius. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, Col. 969.
- Konrad Weidemann and Margarete Weidemann: Roman state calendars from late antiquity. The Roman state calendars handed down by Furius Dionisius Filocalus and Polemius Silvius and their historical classification (= monographs of the RGZM. Volume 130). Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7954-3161-7 .
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SURNAME | Polemius Silvius |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman author |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century |
DATE OF DEATH | 5th century |