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Dexippus and the gothic invasions: interpreting the new Vienna fragment (codex vindobonensis hist. gr. 73, ff. 192v–193r)

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This article presents an English translation and analysis of a new historical fragment, probably from Dexippus’ Scythica, published by Gunther Martin and Jana Grusková in 2014. The fragment, preserved in a palimpsest in the Austrian National Library, describes a Gothic attack on Thessalonica and the subsequent preparations of the Greeks to repel the barbarian force as it moved south into Achaia. The new text provides several important details of historical, prosopographical and historiographi...

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10.1017/S0075435815000970

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
St Benet's Hall
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Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Roman Studies Journal website
Volume:
105
Pages:
203-226
Publication date:
2015-08-10
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1753-528X
ISSN:
0075-4358
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pubs:702065
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uuid:678f1f8f-29ec-429c-9893-6736245376c3
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pubs:702065
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702065
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2017-06-27

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