# Zosimus

> A pagan historian writing in Christian Constantinople, Zosimus blamed the empire's troubles on Constantine's abandonment of the old gods - an audacious thesis to publish under a Christian emperor.

*Late 5th/early 6th century Byzantine historian*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/zosimus

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 460
- **Died:** 520
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Zosimus lived in Constantinople during the reign of Anastasius I, serving as comes and advocate of the imperial treasury in the 490s-510s. He wrote his history long after the events he chronicled, drawing on earlier sources to construct a narrative spanning Rome's decline. His work is notable for its open condemnation of Constantine's conversion, arguing that rejecting the traditional polytheistic religion set the empire on a path toward weakness. Writing as a pagan in a now-Christian world, he preserved a vanishing perspective on the forces that shaped late antiquity.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Topics
#Writers, #Writer / Author, #History, #Literature, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Zósimo](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%B3simo)
- [佐西姆斯](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%90%E8%A5%BF%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF)
- [Зосим (историк)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC_(%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA))
- [Zosimos (historyk)](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosimos_(historyk))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q226858)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosimus)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Zosimus)
- [Zosimus](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosimus)
- [Zosimos](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosimos)
- [Ζώσιμος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%96%CF%8E%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Zosimus (historian)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosimus_(historian))
- [Zosimos](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosimos)
- [Zósimo (historiador)](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%B3simo_(historiador))
- [زوسیموس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Zosimos](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosimos)
- [Zosime (historien)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosime_(historien))
- [Sosimus (histoarikus)](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosimus_(histoarikus))
- [Zósimo (historiador)](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%B3simo_(historiador))
- [זוסימוס (היסטוריון)](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A1_(%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F))
- [Zószimosz (történetíró)](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%B3szimosz_(t%C3%B6rt%C3%A9net%C3%ADr%C3%B3))
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- [Zosimos](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosimos)
- [Zosimo (storico)](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosimo_(storico))
- [ზოსიმე (მემატიანე)](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%96%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94_(%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94))
- [Zosimus (historicus)](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosimus_(historicus))
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- [Zosimus av Konstantinopel](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosimus_av_Konstantinopel)
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- [Zósimos](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%B3simos)

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