Sozomen

Sozomen was a lawyer in Constantinople, born near Gaza, who wrote a church history in nine books covering 324 to about 425 and dedicated it to the emperor Theodosius II. He used Socrates as a principal source and added material on monasticism and on the church in the East and beyond the Roman frontier. The last book breaks off unfinished.

Dates

ca. 400 - ca. 450 (approximate)

See or city

Constantinople

Region

Thrace

Also known as

Hermias Sozomenus; Salminius Hermias Sozomenus

Notes

Born near Gaza in Palestine to a Christian family, he practised law in Constantinople. Dates rest on the dedication to Theodosius II and on the history's own contents.

Works

• Church HistoryHistoria ecclesiastica · ca. 439-450 · CPG 6030 (not yet checked)