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Theophylact Simocatta (Greek: ''Θεοφύλακτος Σιμοκάτ(τ)ης – Theophylaktos Simokat(t)es'')〔Other forms of the name are ''Simocattos'' and ''Simocatos''.〕 was an early seventh-century Byzantine historiographer, arguably ranking as the last historian of Late Antiquity, writing in the time of Heraclius (''c'' 630) about the late Emperor Maurice (582–602).〔J.D.C. Frendo, "History and Panegyric in the Age of Heraclius: The Literary Background to the Composition of the 'Histories' of Theophylact Simocatta", ''Dumbarton Oaks Papers'', 1988.〕 ==Life== Simocatta is best known as the author of a history in eight books, of the reign of the emperor Maurice (582–602), for which period he is the best and oldest authority. However, his work is of lesser stature than that of Procopius and his self-consciously classicizing style is pompous, but he is an important source of information concerning the seventh-century Slavs, the Avars and the Persians, and the emperor's tragic end.〔Important editions published in 1609, ed. pr. by J. Pontanus, and C.G. de Boor in 1887.〕 He mentions the war of Heraclius against the Persians (610–28), but not that against the Arabs (beginning 634), so it is likely that he was writing around 630. Among his sources he used the history of John of Epiphania. Edward Gibbon wrote: His want of judgement renders him diffuse in trifles and concise in the most interesting facts.〔E. Gibbon, ''The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire'', The Folio Society (1997), ''s.v. "Simocatta"''.〕This notwithstanding, Simocatta's general trustworthiness is admitted. The history contains an introduction in the form of a dialogue between History and Philosophy. Nicolaus Copernicus translated Greek verses by Theophylact into Latin prose and had his translation, dedicated to his uncle Lucas Watzenrode, published in Kraków in 1509 by Johann Haller. It was the only book that Copernicus ever brought out on his own account.〔Angus Armitage, ''The World of Copernicus'', pp. 75–77.〕 Simocatta was also the author of ''Physical Problems'', a work on natural history,〔Cf. ed. J. Ideler in ''Physici et medici Graeci minores'', i. 1841.〕 and of a collection of 85 essays in epistolary form.〔The best edition was published in 1873 by R. Hercher in ''Epistolographi Graeci''. The letters were translated into Latin by Copernicus in 1509, reprinted in 1873 by F. Hipler in ''Spicilegium Copernicanum''.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theophylact Simocatta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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