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Late antique muckraking.

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

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

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.

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

Presents the impressions of people, place and events with the exuberant perspective of a child enriched by the ironic retrospective understanding of an adult.

Presents the impressions of people, place and events with the exuberant perspective of a child enriched by the ironic retrospective understanding of an adult.

Presents the impressions of people, place and events with the exuberant perspective of a child enriched by the ironic retrospective understanding of an adult.

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

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

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

'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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The Secret History of the Court of the emperor Justinian by Procopius is a detailed description of the drama and various shady business of the royal notables of Byzantine Emperor Justinian's court.

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

Catullus, best remembered for his tempestuous relationship with the notorious Clodia Metelli, was one of the most influential, original and enigmatic of all the Roman poets. This text presents a collection of his work.