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Born c.491 • Antioch • Turkey
Died c.578
Notable Works “Chronographia”
Subjects Of Study universal history
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George the Monk
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George The Syncellus
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Villani, Giovanni
Giovanni Villani
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Sigebert Of Gembloux
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Marianus Scotus
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Aethelweard
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Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos
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George Pachymeres
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Saint Theophanes the Confessor
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George Acropolites
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Michael Glycas
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Socrates
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George Sphrantzes
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Constantine Manasses
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