Quotes:Zosimus

Zirkoff, Boris

Zosimus. Greek historian who lived in the 5th century a.d. in Constantinople, and regarding whose personal life very little is known. He was the author of a history of the Roman empire in six books, in which he undertook the task of developing the events and causes which led to its decline. Zosimus was a pagan, and shows himself as a severe critic of the faults and crimes of the Christian emperors, making the change of religion largely responsible for the decline of the empire. In spite of having been fiercely assailed by some Christian writers, he proves himself to be on the whole trustworthy. Best editions are those of Bekker (1837) and Mendelssohn (1887).

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 11, p. 596