Editing Dexippus (section)

==Life==
When the [[Heruli]] overran [[Greece]] and [[Sack of Athens (267 AD)|captured Athens]] (267), Dexippus showed great personal courage and revived the spirit of patriotism among his fellow countrymen. A statue was set up in his honour, the base of which, with an inscription recording his services, has been preserved.<ref>''Inscriptiones Graecae'', II.2 3669.</ref> It is remarkable that the inscription is silent as to his military achievements.<ref name="EB1911"/>

[[Photios I of Constantinople|Photius]] speaks very highly of the style of Dexippus, whom he calls a second [[Thucydides]].<ref name="EB1911" /><ref>{{cite book| last = Vasiliev| first = Alexander Alexandrovich| title = The Goths in the Crimea | url = https://archive.org/details/Vasiliev1936Goths| publisher = The Mediaeval academy of America| date=1936| page=3}}</ref>

=== Works ===
Photius (''cod''. 82) mentions three historical works by Dexippus, of which considerable fragments remain:

#Τὰ μετ᾽ Ἀλέξανδρον (''The Events after Alexander''), apparently an epitome of a work by [[Arrian]]
#Σκυθικά (''Scythica''), a history of the wars of [[Rome]] with the [[Goths]] (called [[Scythians]] in archaizing language) in the 3rd century
#Χρονικὴ ἱστορία (''Chronike Historia'') in twelve books, probably covering a thousand years to the reign of the emperor [[Claudius II|Claudius Gothicus]] (270)<ref name="EB1911"/>

The ''Chronicle'' was continued by [[Eunapius|Eunapius of Sardis]], who opens his own history with a critique of his predecessor. The ''Chronicle'' also appears to be the primary source of the ''[[Historia Augusta]]''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Barbara|first=Santa|title=Violence in Late Antiquity: Perceptions and Practices|publisher=Ashgate|year=2006|isbn=978-075-465-498-8|location=England}}</ref> between 238 and 270, but Paschoud has demonstrated that the author of the ''Historia Augusta'' sometimes attributes material to Dexippus falsely and so that evidence must be used with caution.<ref>Paschoud, "L'Histoire Auguste et Dexippe".</ref>