Byzantine History of the World to be Studied and Made Accessible
Tübingen Historian, Professor Mischa Meier, heads new 12-year project examining the Chronographia of Ioannes Malalas (490 -578 AD). He wrote his Chronographia in Greek in the 6th century. In recent years, researchers have come to believe he was an official in the provincial administration of the Eastern Roman Empire. In that position, Malalas appears to have had access to important archives – which was important for the final books in the chronology, which dealt with the contemporary history.
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