Editing Zosimus (historian) (section)

=== Editions ===
The history of Zosimus was [[editio princeps|first printed]] in the Latin translation of [[Leunclavius]], accompanied by a defence of the historian (Basel, 1576, fol.). The first two books, in Greek, with the translation of Leunclavius, were printed by H. Stephanus, in his edition of Herodian (Paris, 1581). The first complete edition of the Greek text of Zosimus was that by F. Sylburg (''Scriptores Hist. Rom. Min.'', vol. iii., Frankfurt, 1590). Later editions are those published at Oxford (1679), at Zeitz and Jena, edited by Cellarius, with annotations of his own and others (1679, 1713, 1729). The next edition is that by Reitemeier, who, though he consulted no fresh manuscripts, made good use of the critical remarks of Heyne and other scholars (Leipzig, 1784). Bekker produced a reliable edition in 1837 at Bonn. There is a German translation by Seybold and Heyler, and also an English and a French translation. (Schöll, Gesch. d. Griech. Lit. vol. iii, p.&nbsp;232 ; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. viii. p.&nbsp;62.)

The single good manuscript, in the Vatican Library (MS Vat. Gr. 156), was unavailable to scholars until the mid-19th century, although it lacks the conclusion of the first book and the beginning of the second. [[Ludwig Mendelssohn]] (Leipzig 1887) edited the first dependable text. The modern standard edition is F. Paschoud ''Zosime: Histoire Nouvelle'' (Paris 1971) which has a French translation, introduction and commentary.  A later edition in English, ''Zosimus: New History'' a translation with commentary by Ronald T. Ridley,  was published in 1982 by the Australian Association of Byzantine Studies.