Biography:Anianus (writer)

Anianus was an Egyptian monk who lived at the beginning of the 5th century and wrote a chronography in which, according to the later chronicler George Syncellus, he generally followed Eusebius, but sometimes corrected errors made by that writer. It is, however, very doubtful whether Anianus, on the whole, surpassed Eusebius in accuracy. Syncellus frequently finds fault with him.

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, Philip (1870). "Anianus". in Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 178. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/acl3129.0001.001/193.