The ''Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite'' is an anonymous
Syriac Syriac may refer to:
*Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic
*Sureth, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region
* Syriac alphabet
** Syriac (Unicode block)
** Syriac Supplement
* Neo-Aramaic languages a ...
history of the period 494–506 AD. Its actual title as given in the manuscript is ''A Historical Narrative of the Period of Distress Which Occurred in Edessa, Amid and All Mesopotamia''. It is divided between two distressful events that occurred in
Edessa and the surrounding region: an outbreak of
plague
Plague or The Plague may refer to:
Agriculture, fauna, and medicine
*Plague (disease), a disease caused by ''Yersinia pestis''
* An epidemic of infectious disease (medical or agricultural)
* A pandemic caused by such a disease
* A swarm of pe ...
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locusts and
famine
A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, natural disasters, crop failure, population imbalance, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accompani ...
from 494 to 502 and the
Roman–Persian war of 502–506. It is the earliest surviving work of Syriac historiography and provides the most detailed account of the Roman–Persian war. It was written near in time to the events it describes and is thus of the highest historical value.
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External links
English translation by William Wrightat Tertullian.org
English translation by William Wrightat Archive.org
Syriac chronicles
Syriac Christianity
Anastasian War
Christianity in the Byzantine Empire
Ancient Upper Mesopotamia