Niketas Choniates

Niketas Choniates
Νικήτας Χωνιάτης
Choniates in an ancient manuscript
Bornc. 1155
Died1217 (aged 61–62)
Occupations
  • Historian
  • politician
FamilyMichael Choniates (brother)

Niketas or Nicetas Choniates (Medieval Greek: Νικήτας Χωνιάτης; c. 1155 – 1217), whose actual surname was Akominatos (Ἀκομινάτος), was a Byzantine Greek historian and politician. He accompanied his brother Michael Akominatos to Constantinople from their birthplace Chonae (from which came his nickname, "Choniates" meaning "person from Chonae"). Nicetas wrote a history of the Eastern Roman Empire from 1118 to 1207.