TheChronicle of Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite is an anonymousSyriac history of the period 494–506 AD. Its actual title as given in the manuscript isA Historical Narrative of the Period of Distress Which Occurred in Edessa, Amid and All Mesopotamia. It is divided between two distressful events that occurred inEdessa and the surrounding region: an outbreak ofplague,locusts andfamine from 494 to 502 and theRoman–Persian war of 502–506. It is the earliest surviving work of Syriac historiography and provides the most detailed account of the Roman–Persian war. It was written near in time to the events it describes and is thus of the highest historical value.[1]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Joshua the Stylite".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 520.