The Chronicle of John Malalas
Name of text: | The Chronicle of John Malalas |
Author of text: | John Malalas |
Date of text: | completed by c. 565 |
Date of person in text: | c. 490-570 |
Name of structure in text: | Basilica of Anatolios |
Type of structure in text: | church |
Date of structure in text | c. 425-450 |
Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
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Country in text: | Syria |
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City in text: | Antioch |
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Description of mosaic in text: | When he had completed the building of the basilica, he inscribed on it in gold mosaic these words, ‘Erected by the emperor Theodosios’, as was correct. Above there were the two emperors, Theodosius and his relative Valentinian, the emperor at Rome. |
Mosaic date in text: | 5 AD |
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | Yes |
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Bibliography: | Malalas, John, The Chronicle of John Malalas,14.13,trans. by Elizabeth Jeffreys, Michael Jeffreys, Roger Scott and others (Melbourne: Australian Association for Byzantine Studies, 1986), pp. 196-7 |
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