Article ID: CBB039908405

A critical assessment of questionable solar eclipse memories in the Byzantine Empire from the fourth to sixth centuries CE (2023)

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This study analysed four records of questionable authenticity of total solar eclipses between the fourth and sixth centuries CE in Byzantine narrative sources. As it has been difficult to evaluate their credibility, they have not been utilised in modern astronomical studies. Three records originated in the fourth century, all of which have problems with accurate dating and provenance. The one remaining record concerns the total solar eclipse on 512 June 29. This study first reveals the problems with and questions around the reliability of all these records from astronomical perspectives based on the latest ΔT spline curve and recently proposed ΔT constraints. It then explores their philological and historical contexts to understand how and why these records were written.

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Authors & Contributors
Mozaffari, S. Mohammad
Stephenson, F. Richard
Hohenkerk, Catherine Y.
Morrison, Leslie V.
Akabane, Kenji
Close, Frank
Journals
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Historia Mathematica
Almagest
Apeiron: Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Pegasus Books
University of Texas Press
Concepts
Eclipses; transits; occultations; conjunctions
Solar eclipse
Astronomy
Lunar eclipses
Calendars
Primary literature (historical sources)
People
Barlaam Calabro
Gregoras, Nicephorus
Bede, The Venerable
Geroulanos, Stephanos
Liu Hong
Meliteniotes, Theodoros
Time Periods
Medieval
Ancient
13th century
15th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
Byzantium
Brazil
India
Mesopotamia
Mexico
Australia
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