Title(s):
- Histories
- Ἱστορίαι(Historiai, Histories)
- Ἀγαθίου σχολαστικοῦ χρονικὴ διήγησις τῆς βασιλείας Ἰουστινιανοῦ(Agathiou scholastikou chronikē diēgēsis tēs basileias Ioustinianou, Of Agathias Scholasticus, chronological narrative of the reign of Justinian)
Period covered:
552-557 (Easterh history), 552-559 (Western history)
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
- Secular history (classicizing history)
Remarks:
Agathias wrote also series of epigrams, the so-called Cycle and Daphniaka. An epigram identifies Agathias as 'curator civitatis' in Smyrna (Cameron 1970: 2).
His history continues that of Procopius.