Excerpta Et Fragmenta

Priscus Panita; Pia Carolla
de Gruyter
9783110201383
3-11-020138-0

This is an impressive history about state, power and intrigues in thefifth century A.D. Byzantium, zooming on Attila and the Huns with large details, written by a Greek who visited Attila at his own risk..

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From a historical point of view, some nations from Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa find in Priscus a unique source for their roots. To philologians, this text fills a gap in providing an accurate apparatus and a complete demonstration of the stemma codicum.