2．当代史

当代史是指以主要精力投入作者亲历或所在时代历史事件写作的作品。这类作品因涉及面广、信息可靠而受到后世研究者的注意，成为历史研究的主要依据。拜占庭作家非常重视这类作品的创作。

Agathias, The Histories, trans. by J. D. Frendo, in Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae 2A, Berlin 1975; A. Cameron, "Agethias on the Sassanians", Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 23-24(1969), 67-183.

J.H. Brested, Ancient Records of Egypt, (5 Vols), New York 1962.

Constantine Manassas, Breviarun historiae metricum,ed. I. Bekker, Corpus Scriptores Historiae Byzantinae, Bonn 1837.

Emperors, Patriarchs and Sultans of Constantinople,trans. by M. Philippides, Brookline 1990.

Eunapios of Sardis, The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire: Eunapius, Olympiosorus, Priscus, and Malchus,ed. by R. Blockley Liverpool 1981-1983.

Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum, Vol.4, ed. by C.Müller, Paris 1851-1870.

Relationes historicas, Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae, trans. by V. Lautent, Paris 1984.

Ioannis Scylizes Continuatus, ed. E. Tsolakes, Thessaloniki 1968.

John Anagostes, Sphrantzes, in Corpus Scriptorium Historiae Byzantinae, by I. Bekker, Bonn 1838.

John Skylitzes, Byzanz, wieder ein Weltreich: das Zeitalter der makedonischen Dynastie, trans. by H. Thurn, Graz 1983.

John Zonaras, Epitome Historiarum, ed. M. Pindar, Corpus Scriptores Historiae Byzantinae, Berlin 1841; English trans. by M. Dimaio, MissouriColumbia 1977.

Joseph Genesios, Byzanz am Vorabend neuer Grosse: Uberwindung des Bilderstreites und der innenpolitischen Schwache (813-886)…Vienna 1989.

J. Kantakouzenos, Historiarum, ed. L. Schopen, Bonn 1828-1832; Geschichte, Johannes Kantakuzenos ubersetzt und erlautert, trans. by G. Fatouros and T. Krischer, Stuttgart 1982-1986.

Laonikos Chalkokondyles, Europa in XV Jahrhundert von Byzantinern gesehen, Graz 1954.

Leo the Deacon, History of Leo the Deacon: Byzantine military expansion in the tenth century, trans. by Alice-Mary Talbot, Washington, D.C. 2005.

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, ed. and English translation, J.C. Rolfe, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, Mass., 1935-1939, 3 Vols.

Ammianus Maecellinus, The Roman History of Ammianus Maecellinus, During the Reigns of Emperor's Constantius, Julian ,Jovianus, Valentinianm and Valens, trans. by C. Young, London 1862.

Menander, The History of Menander the Guardsman, trans. by R. Blockley, Liverpool 1985.

Michael Attaliates, Historia, trans. by John D. Polemes, Athens: Ekdoseis Kanake 1997.

Michael Psellos, The History of Psellus, ed. J.B. Bury, London 1899.

Nicephorus, Short history, translation, and commentary by Cyril Mango, Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, Research Library and Collection, 1990.

Niketas Choniates, City of Byzantium, Annals of Niketas Choniates, trans. by H. Magoulias, Detroit 1984.

Nikephoros the Younger, Materials for a History, trans. by Paul Gautier, Brussels 1975.

Nikephoras Gregoras, Historia Byzantine, ed. L. Schopen and I. Bekker, Bonn 1829-1830; Historia Rhomaike Nikephoros Gregoras, trans. by J. van Dieten, Stuttgart 1973.

Olympiosorus, The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire: Eunapius, Olympiosorus, Priscus, and Malchus, by R.C. Blockley, Liverpool, Great Britain: F. Cairns, 1981-1983.

Patrologiae cursus completus, Series graeca, ed J.P. Migne, Paris 1857—1866.

Priscus, The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire: Eunapius, Olympiosorus, Priscus, and Malchus; C. Gordon, The Age of Attila: Fifth Century Byzantium and the Barbarians, University of Michigan Press 1960.

Procopius,The Wars, the Buildings, the Secret History, trans. by H. Dewing, London, Loeb Classical Library 1914-1935.

Procopius, History of the Wars, Secret History and Building, trans. ed. and abridged A. Cameron, New York 1967.

Procopius, The Secret History, trans. by G. Williamson, Harmondsworth 1981.

Procopius, The Secret History, trans. by R. Atwater, N.Y. 1927.

Roman State and Christian Church: A Collection of Legal Documents to AD.535, ed., by P.R.Coleman-Norton, London 1966.

Symeon, Politico-historical Works of Symeon, Archbishop of Thessaloniki, by D. Balfour, Vienna 1979.

Theophanes, Fragmenta Historicorum Greacorum, IV, ed. C. Muller, Paris 1959.

Theophylact, The History of Theophylact of Simocatta: An English Translation with Introduction and Notes, trans. by Michael. Whitby and Mary Whitby, Oxford 1986.

Geoffrey of Villehardouin, "The Conquest of Constantinople", Chronicles of the Crusades, by Joinville and Villehardouin; translated with an Introduction by M. R. B. Shaw. Dorset Press, 1985.

Zosimos, The History of Count Zosimus, Sometime Advocate and Chancellor of the Roman Empire, trans. By J. Buchanan and H. Davies, San Antonio TX 1967; trans. by R. Ridley, Canberra 1982.

Zosimus, New History, trans. and commentary by Ronald T. Ridley, Canberra 1982.