What is "zosimus"

Zosimus ( ; also known by the Latin name Zosimus Historicus, i.e. "Zosimus the Historian"; fl. 490s–510s) was a Roman historian who lived in Constantinople during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I (491–518). According to Photius, he was a comes, and held the office of "advocate" of the imperial treasury.

Zosimus ( Greek: Ζωσιμος) was a Christian martyr who was executed in Umbria, Italy, during the reign of Emperor Trajan. The feast day of martyr Zosimus is June 19.

Zosimus is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:

• Zosimus actaeoides (A. Milne Edwards, 1867)
• Zosimus aeneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Zosimus fissa (Henderson, 1893)
• Zosimus hawaiiensis (Rathbun, 1906)
• Zosimus laevis Dana, 1852
• Zosimus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Zosimus sculptus (De Man, 1888)

Three species are known from the fossil record, including two which are extinct.