HERODIANUS  , See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek historian, flourished during the third See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D . He is supposed to have been a Syrian Greek . In 203 he was in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where he held some See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor posts . He does not appear to have attained high See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank; the statement that he was imperial See also:

• PROCURATOR (Lat. procurare, to take care of)

procurator and See also:

• LEGATE (Lat. legatus, past part. of legare, to send as deputy)
• LEGATE, BARTHOLOMEW (c. 1575-1612)

legate of the Sicilian provinces rests upon conjecture only . His See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• WORK

work ('Hpw&avoi rijs µEra Maprcov fiaacXetas taropuov ig3XIa &Krub) narrates the events of the fifty-eight years between the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• MARCUS

Marcus Aurelius and the See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation of Gordianus III . (180-238) . The narrative is of See also:

• SPECIAL

special value as supplementing See also:

• DION

Dion See also:

• CASSIUS
• CASSIUS, AVIDIUS (d. A.D. 175)
• CASSIUS, GAIUS

Cassius, whose See also:

• HISTORY

history ends with See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus . His work has the value that attaches to a See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record written by one chronicling the events of his own times, gifted with See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of observation, indubitable candour and See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence of view . But while he gives a lively See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of See also:

• EXTERNAL

external events—such as the death of See also:

• COMMODUS, LUCIUS AELIUS AURELIUS (161-192)

Commodus and the assassination of Pertinaxthe See also:

• BARBARIAN (Gr. fap/3apos)

barbarian invasions, the spread of See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity, the See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the See also:

• FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise by See also:

• CARACALLA (or CARACALLUS), MARCUS A U R E L I U S ANTONINUS (186-217)

Caracalla are unnoticed . The See also:

• DATES

dates are often wrong, and little See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention is paid to See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical details, which makes the narrative of military expeditions beyond the See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire difficult to understand . Herodian has been accused of See also:

• PREJUDICE (Lat. praejudicium)

prejudice against Alexander Severus . His See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, modelled on that of See also:

• THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

Thucydides and unreservedly praised by See also:

• PHOTIUS
• PHOTIUS (c. 82o-891)

Photius, is on the whole pure, though somewhat rhetorical and showing a fondness for Latinisms .

Extensive use has been made of Herodianus by later chroniclers, especially the " Scriptores historiae Augustae " and See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John of See also:

• ANTIOCH

Antioch . His history was first translated into Latin at the end of the 15th century by See also:

• POLITIAN (1454–1494)

Politian . The most See also:

• COMPLETE

complete edition is by G . W . Irmisch (1789-1805), with elaborate indices, but the notes are very diffuse; See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical See also:

• EDITIONS

editions by I . See also:

• BEKKER (or WOLFF), ELIZABETH (1738–1804)
• BEKKER, AUGUST IMMANUEL (1785–1871)
• BEKKER, BALTHASAR (1634–1698)

Bekker (1855), L . Mendelssohn (1883) ; see also C . Dandliker .