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Sozomen

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Sozomen , 5th cent., Byzantine church historian, b. Gaza. A fuller form of his name is Salaminius Hermias Sozomenus. His Ecclesiastical History was written in 439–50. The nine extant books, written in an elegant Greek style, cover the years 324–439 and are primarily drawn from the history of Socrates Scholasticus , to which Sozomen added some new material. Sozomen's history continues that of Eusebius of Caesarea .

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Sozomen (early 5th cent.), Church historian. A lawyer at Constantinople, he determined to continue Eusebius of Caesarea's ‘Church History’ to his own day. His work covers the period 323 to 425. He drew on Socrates, but reports some subjects, e.g. the spread of Christianity among the Armenians, Saracens, and Goths, more fully.

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