Marcellinus Comes was a latin chronicler in the 6th century A.D.. He was an Illyrian by birth, but spent most of his life at the court of Constantinople. His death was recorded around 534. There is only some surviving work of Marcellinus, and in his chronicle "Annales", a continuation of Eusebius. It covers a period from 379 to 534. He writes in his work, that an unknown writer added a continuation down to 566. Although his work is in Latin, it describes the affairs of the East. The writer says that he has "followed only the Eastern Empire". Few facts about the Western Europe, from Orosius's "Historia adv. paganos" and Gennadius' "De viris illustribus", are introduced only as much as they relate to Constantinople. The chronicle is filled with details and anecdotes unimportant to the city and the court. Marcellinus is an orthodox and has only bad words to say of the heretics which appear in his book. This article is about an ancient civilization in southeastern Europe; see also Illyria (software), Illyria (character in the TV series Angel). ... Map of Constantinople. ... Saint Marcellinus, Pope, according to the Liberian Catalogue, became bishop of Rome on June 30, 296; his predecessor was Pope Caius. ... Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... Western Europe is distinguished from Eastern Europe by differences of history and culture rather than by geography. ... Map of Constantinople. ... Saint Marcellinus, Pope, according to the Liberian Catalogue, became bishop of Rome on June 30, 296; his predecessor was Pope Caius. ... Separate articles treat Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Orthodox Judaism. ...