History

Patmutʿiwn Sebeosi

Written about 655 to 661; the place is not known. The date is the usual view of scholars; some doubt it.

Church tradition names Sebeos as the writer. History cannot confirm it.

A history of Armenia between Rome and Persia from about 572, and of the first Arab conquests to 661.

History · first written in Armenian

The text has no name in the manuscript. The English is Bedrosian's translation of 1979 to 1985.

Not yet on the site. An English translation of this work exists, but we are not yet sure that it is in the public domain, or its text is not yet made ready. So it is not shown.

How we know the date and place

Date written probable: R. W. Thomson and J. Howard-Johnston, The Armenian History attributed to Sebeos (1999), introduction
Written about 655, with a few notes added to 661.
Place written not known: R. W. Thomson and J. Howard-Johnston, The Armenian History attributed to Sebeos (1999), introduction
In Armenia. Not known.