Christian History (fragments)

Christianike historia

Written between 426 and 439, perhaps in Constantinopolis (now Istanbul, Turkey). The date is the usual view of scholars; some doubt it.

The left-over fragments of a huge history from the creation to about AD 426; several fragments are doubtfully his.

History · first written in Greek

English by Andrew Eastbourne (2010) at tertullian.org. The translator marks fragments 4 to 7 as of doubtful attribution.

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How we know the date and place

Date written probable: Socrates, Church History 7.26-27: the History attacked the election of Sisinnius (426) and Socrates knew it finished (about 439); K. Heyden in Wallraff (ed.), Julius Africanus und die christliche Weltchronistik (2006)
Place written not sure: Philip was a priest at Constantinople in these years (Socrates 7.26-27); no source states where he wrote; site: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520998