Priscus
Sign in to saveAlso known as Priscus of Panium, Priscus Panites
thumb|right|200px|Priscus (left) with the Roman embassy at the court of Attila the Hun, holding his ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ (History, which the painter has incorrectly spelled ΙΣΤΩΡΙΑ). (Detail from [[Mór Than's Feast of Attila.)]]
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Field of work
- history
- Image
- PriscusofPanium.jpg
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- Commons category
- Priscus
- date of birth
- 0410-01-01
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- date of death
- 0471-00-00
- floruit
- 0450-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- Πρίσκος
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Biography
- ''History of Byzantium''
- Priscus' account of a dinner with Attila the Hun
- Priscus in fiction
- Remaining works
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|200px|Priscus (left) with the Roman embassy at the court of Attila the Hun, holding his ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ (History, which the painter has incorrectly spelled ΙΣΤΩΡΙΑ). (Detail from [[Mór Than's Feast of Attila.)]]
Priscus of Panium (; ; 410s/420s AD – after 472 AD) was an Eastern Roman diplomat and Greek historian and rhetorician (or sophist).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Priscus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.