Peter the Patrician

Peter the Patrician was a historian, diplomat and writer (500–565). He was born at Thessaloniki and died at Constantinople.

Also recorded as Peter Patrikios; Petros Patrikios.

Peter the Patrician in brief

Born
500
Died
565
Known for
historian, diplomat and writer
Place of birth
Thessaloniki
Contents

Catalogued works

4 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service.

On ceremonies. History. Collection. Dexippi, Eunapii, Petri Patricii, Prisci, Malchi, Menandri historiarum quae supersunt.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

The Lost History of Peter the Patrician, 2015. Peter Patrikios (Peter the Patrician), The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, 2022. Procopius of Caesarea, Peter the Patrician, and the Outbreak of the Gothic War, Mnemosyne, 2023. THE <i>HISTORIA AUGUSTA</i>, NICOMACHUS FLAVIANUS, AND PETER THE PATRICIAN, The Classical Review, 2004. INTRODUCTION TO EARLY PATRICIAN LITERATURE, The Letters of St. Patrick and Early Patrician Literature, 2025. Delving into the composition of the Persian delegation during the 298 Roman-Persian negotiations, Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2025.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (250926283). Those registers additionally record the forms Peter the Patrician, historicus uit Byzantijnse Rijk (-), Peter the Patrician, historicus uit Byzantijnse Rijk (500-565), Peter the Patrician, Byzantine historian and Peter the Patrician, 0500?-0565?

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 500Peter the Patrician born at Thessaloniki.
  2. 565Peter the Patrician died at Constantinople.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    INTRODUCTION TO EARLY PATRICIAN LITERATURE, The Letters of St. Patrick and Early Patrician Literature, 2025

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Peter Patrikios (Peter the Patrician), The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Procopius of Caesarea, Peter the Patrician, and the Outbreak of the Gothic War, Mnemosyne, 2023

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  4. 4.

    THE <i>HISTORIA AUGUSTA</i>, NICOMACHUS FLAVIANUS, AND PETER THE PATRICIAN, The Classical Review, 2004

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  5. 5.

    The Lost History of Peter the Patrician, 2015

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Peter the Patrician.

    open access index · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    VIAF cluster 250926283 for Peter the Patrician, aggregating national library name authorities.

    authority file · Unverified · OCLC

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q964738: Peter the Patrician

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  9. 9.

    “Peter the Patrician”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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