Editing Socrates of Constantinople (section)

==Life==
He was born in [[Constantinople]]. Even in ancient times, nothing seems to have been known of his life except what can be gathered from notices in his ''Historia Ecclesiastica'', which departed from its ostensible model, [[Eusebius of Caesarea]], in emphasizing the place of the emperor in church affairs and in giving secular as well as church history.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Socrates' teachers, noted in his prefaces, were the grammarians [[Helladius (grammarian)|Helladius]] and [[Ammonius Grammaticus|Ammonius]], who came to [[Constantinople]] from [[Alexandria]], where in 391 they had been involved in a violent revolt that culminated in the destruction of the [[Serapeum of Alexandria]].{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

It is not proved that Socrates of Constantinople later profited from the teachings of the [[sophist]] [[Troilus (sophist)|Troilus]]. No certainty exists as to Socrates' precise vocation, though it may be inferred from his work that he was a layman.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

In later years, he traveled and visited, among other places, [[Paphlagonia]] and [[Cyprus]].<ref>'Hist. Eccl.'' 1.12.8, 2.33.30.</ref>