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Sozomen
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historian of the christian church”. Today it says “byzantine empire era lawyer and historian of the christian church of palestinian origin”.
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Sozomen (c. 400 - c. 450 ) was a historian of the Christian church.1 Variations on his name include Sozomen , Salamanes or Salaminius Hermias Sozomenus . He was born around or before 400 in Bethelia, a small town near Gaza .2
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historian of the christian church
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byzantine empire era lawyer and historian of the christian church of palestinian origin
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