» Zosimus (fl. 490s-510s) was a Byzantine historian, who lived in Constantinople during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I (491-518). According to Photius, he was a comes, and held the office of "advocate" of the imperial treasury. Historia Nova Zosimus' work is the Historia Nova, "New History", is in six books, the earlier books being mainly a compilation from previous authors (Dexippus, Eunapius, Olympiodorus): the first book sketches briefly the history of the early Roman emp… (More on Zosimus)