Church History

Historia ecclesiastica

Written 402 to 403, in Aquileia, Italy.

The Church History of Eusebius in Latin, with two new books that reach the year 395.

History · first written in Latin · a major work

The corpus file holds only the preface.

Not yet on the site. We have not yet found an English translation of this work that is in the public domain.

How we know the date and place

Date written sure: Asked for by Chromatius of Aquileia when Alaric entered Italy (preface; Amidon, The Church History of Rufinus, 1997)
Place written sure: The preface says he wrote at Aquileia for its bishop Chromatius