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By exposing the perversion, repression, corruption, and injustice at the heart of Justinian's regime, Prokopios' The Secret History destroyed forever that emperor's reputation as the great and benevolent ruler of a vast Byzantine state. Faithfully rendered here in blunt and idiomatic... Read Full Overview

A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different--and dangerous--history... Read Full Overview

Procopius, from Palaestina Prima, or modern day Israel, is an important first hand source for the history of the 6th century, especially concerning the Emperor Justinian. Procopius was an incredibly learned man, having received a classical education, possibly from the famed... Read Full Overview

'The Secret History' is a highly opinionated and unflattering account of the Byzantine Emperor Belisarius, and an insight into Byzantine culture.

Procopius of Caesarea was a prominent Byzantine scholar from Palestine. Accompanying the general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated... Read Full Overview

Late antique muckraking.

By exposing the perversion, repression, corruption, and injustice at the heart of Justinian's regime, Prokopios' The Secret History destroyed forever that emperor's reputation as the great and benevolent ruler of a vast Byzantine state. Faithfully rendered here in blunt and idiomatic... Read Full Overview

Procopius of Caesarea was a prominent Byzantine scholar from Palestine. Accompanying the general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated... Read Full Overview

Tras haber escrito dos libros en que elogiaba el gobierno y figura de Justiniano y de Teodora, emperadores de Bizancio en el siglo VI, Procopio escribi? al final de su vida la Historia Secreta (o Historia Arcana). Aunque se conoc?a de su existencia, este libro permaneci? perdido... Read Full Overview

Procopius, from Palaestina Prima, or modern day Israel, is an important first hand source for the history of the 6th century, especially concerning the Emperor Justinian. Procopius was an incredibly learned man, having received a classical education, possibly from the famed... Read Full Overview

The famous Secret History (Lat. Historia Arcana) was discovered centuries later in the Vatican Library and published by Niccol? Alamanni in 1623 at Lyons. Its existence was already known from the Suda, which referred to it as the Anekdota, Latin Anecdota, "unpublished writings")... Read Full Overview

A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different - and dangerous... Read Full Overview

Procopius of Caesarea was a prominent Byzantine scholar from Palestine. Accompanying the general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated... Read Full Overview

'The Secret History' is a highly opinionated and unflattering account of the Byzantine Emperor Belisarius, and an insight into Byzantine culture.

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Written with passion and personal malice, the Secret History of Procopius is a scathing indictment of the emperor Justinian and his sixth-century Byzantine court. Never has there been a more calculated attempt to ruin an entire reign in the eyes of posterity. Procopius writes... Read Full Overview

Procopius of Caesarea was a prominent Byzantine scholar from Palestine. Accompanying the general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated... Read Full Overview

The Secret History of Procopius is a historical book written by Richard Atwater. The book is a translation of the original work of Procopius, a Byzantine historian who lived in the 6th century. The book is an account of the reign of the Emperor Justinian I and his wife, Empress... Read Full Overview

The Secret History of Procopius is a historical book written by Richard Atwater that offers a unique perspective on the Byzantine Empire during the 6th century. The book is based on the writings of Procopius, a historian who lived during the reign of Emperor Justinian I. Procopius... Read Full Overview

In his secret history Procopius chronicles the crimes committed by Justinian as well as the sexual perversions of his wife Theodora. www.arepo.biz

The Secret History is a historical book written by Procopius of Caesarea, a Byzantine historian and scholar who lived in the 6th century AD. The book was written in Greek and was not intended for public consumption, as it contains scandalous and provocative information about... Read Full Overview