Editing John Xiphilinus (historian)

{{short description|11th century Byzantine monk and historian}}
'''John Xiphilinus''' or '''Joannes Xiphilinos''' ({{langx|el|Ἰωάννης Ξιφιλῖνος}}), [[wikt:epitomator|epitomator]] of [[Dio Cassius]], lived at [[Constantinople]] during the latter half of the 11th century AD. He was a monk and a member of the [[Xiphilinus]] family, a nephew of [[Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople]], a well-known preacher ([[Jacques Paul Migne|Migne]], ''[[Patrologia Graeca]]'', cxx.).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

The [[epitome]] of Dio was prepared by order of [[Michael VII|Michael Parapinaces]] (1071–1078), but is incomplete. It comprises books 36–80, the period included being from the times of [[Pompey]] and [[Julius Caesar|Caesar]] down to [[Alexander Severus]]. In book 70 the reign of [[Antoninus Pius]] and the early years of [[Marcus Aurelius]] appear to have been missing in his copy, while in books 78 and 79 a mutilated original must have been used. Xiphilinus divided the work into sections, each containing the life of an emperor. He omitted the names of the [[consul]]s and sometimes altered or emended the original. The epitome is valuable as preserving the chief incidents of the period for which the authority of Dio is wanting.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

==References==
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* {{EB1911|wstitle=Xiphilinus, Joannes|volume=28|page=887}} This work in turn cites:
** [[Hermann Samuel Reimarus|H. Reimar]]'s edition of Dio Cassius, ii
** J. Melber's Dio Cassius in the [[Teubner]] series
** C. Wachsmuth, ''Einleitung in das Studium der alten Geschichte'' (1895)
** W. Christ, ''Geschichte der griechischen Litteratur'' (1808)
* Erich Trapp. "Johannes Xiphilinos der Jüngere." In: ''[[Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon]]''. Vol. 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, pp.&nbsp;618–619.

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