Isaac of Antioch

Isaac of Antioch (died c. 460) was a Syrian writer, probably a priest of an independent Syrian Christian church and author of a wealth of theological literature and historical verse describing events in Rome and Asia Minor. According to 5th-century Byzantine chroniclers, Isaac was a native of Amida, near modern Erzurum, Turkey. At Rome he composed verse on the civic festivals of 404 and the capture of Rome by the Visigoths under Alaric in 410....