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without at least this much of a fig-leaf. Covered thus with a ribbon, she would sink down to the stage floor and recline on her back. Slaves to whom the duty was entrusted would then scatter grains of barley from above into the calyx of this passion flower, whence geese, trained for the purpose, would next pick the grains one by one with their bills and eat.
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long, and immediately Justinian's head vanished, while the rest of his body seemed to ebb and flow; whereat the beholder stood aghast and fearful, wondering if his eyes were deceiving him. But presently he perceived the vanished head filling out and joining the body again as strangely as it had left it.
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as an exaggerated document out of fear that a conspiracy might overthrow Justinian's regime, which—as a kind of court historian—might be reckoned to include him. The unpublished manuscript would then have been a kind of insurance, which could be offered to the new ruler as a way to avoid execution or
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2007, "Archaeological and Ancient Literary Evidence for a Battle near Dara Gap, Turkey, AD 530: Topography, Texts and Trenches" in BAR –S1717, 2007 The Late Roman Army in the Near East from Diocletian to the Arab Conquest Proceedings of a colloquium held at Potenza, Acerenza and Matera, Italy edited
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that he planned to publish it after the death of Justinian for fear he would be tortured and killed by the emperor (or even by general Belisarius) if the emperor (or the general) learned about what Procopius wrote (his scathing criticism of the emperor, of his wife, of Belisarius, of the general's
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portrays Belisarius as a weak man completely emasculated by his wife, Antonina, who is portrayed in very similar terms to Theodora. They are both said to be former actresses and close friends. Procopius claimed Antonina worked as an agent for Theodora against Belisarius, and had an ongoing affair
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And some of those who have been with Justinian at the palace late at night, men who were pure of spirit, have thought they saw a strange demoniac form taking his place. One man said that the Emperor suddenly rose from his throne and walked about, and indeed he was never wont to remain sitting for
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Often, even in the theatre, in the sight of all the people, she removed her costume and stood nude in their midst, except for a girdle about the groin: not that she was abashed at revealing that, too, to the audience, but because there was a law against appearing altogether naked on the stage,
1629:Προκόπιος Καισαρεὺς τοὺς πολέμους ξυνέγραψεν οὓς Ἰουστινιανὸς ὁ Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς πρὸς βαρβάρους διήνεγκε τούς τε ἑῴους καὶ ἑσπερίους,... Translation: Procopius from Caesarea wrote the history of the wars of Roman Emperor Justinianus against the barbarians of the East and of the West.. 2081: 553:. The first seven books seem to have been largely completed by 545 and may have been published as a set. They were, however, updated to mid-century before publication, with the latest mentioned event occurring in early 551. The eighth and final book brought the history to 553. 508:
that claims to report the scandals that Procopius could not include in his officially sanctioned history for fear of angering the emperor, his wife, Belisarius, and the general's wife. Consequently publication was delayed until all of them were dead to avoid retaliation.
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Before modern times, European and Mediterranean historians, as far as weather is concerned, typically recorded only the extreme or major weather events for a year or a multi-year period, preferring to focus on the human activities of policy makers and warriors
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was likely written at Justinian's behest, and it is doubtful that its sentiments expressed are sincere. It tells us nothing further about Belisarius, and it takes a sharply different attitude towards Justinian. He is presented as an idealised
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Some historians have criticized Propocius's description of some barbarians, for example, he dehumanized the unfamiliar Moors as "not even properly human". This was however, inline with Byzantine ethnographic practice in late antiquity.
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is a garish portrait of vulgarity and insatiable lust juxtaposed with cold-blooded self-interest, shrewishness, and envious and fearful mean-spiritedness. Among the more titillating (and dubious) revelations in the
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2012, "Hard and Soft Power on the Eastern Frontier: a Roman Fortlet between Dara and Nisibis, Mesopotamia, Turkey: Prokopios’ Mindouos?" in The Byzantinist, edited by Douglas Whalin, Issue 2 (2012), pp. 4–5,
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By treating the uncle's reign as part of his nephew's, Procopius was able to credit Justinian with buildings erected or begun under Justin's administration. Such works include renovation of the walls of
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and restoring those that had fallen into disuse. Theodora, who was dead when this panegyric was written, is mentioned only briefly, but Procopius's praise of her beauty is fulsome.
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has argued convincingly that Procopius's works reflect the tensions between the classical and Christian models of history in 6th-century Constantinople. This is supported by
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2009, "Procopius, Belisarius and the Goths" in Journal of the Oxford University History Society,(2009) Odd Alliances edited by Heather Ellis and Graciela Iglesias Rogers.
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after its 525 flood and consecration of several churches in the region. Similarly, Procopius falsely credits Justinian for the extensive refortification of the cities of
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emperor who built churches for the glory of God and defenses for the safety of his subjects. He is depicted showing particular concern for the water supply, building new
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wife, Antonia: calling the former "demons in human form" and the latter incompetent and treacherous) in this later history. However, most scholars believe that the
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Stewart, Michael, Masculinity, Identity, and Power Politics in the Age of Justinian: A Study of Procopius, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2020:
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Die Geschichtsphilosophie in der spätantiken Historiographie. Studien zu Prokopios von Kaisareia, Agathias von Myrina und Theophylaktos Simokattes
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In fact, some scholars have argued that Procopius died at least a few years after 565 as he unequivocally states in the beginning of his
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The Andreios Eunuch-Commander Narses: Sign of a Decoupling of martial Virtues and Hegemonic Masculinity in the early Byzantine Empire?
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Reporting Battles and Understanding Campaigns in Procopius and Agathias: Classicising Historians' Use of Archived Documents as Sources
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under Justinian. He also wrote that under Justinian's reign in 560, a major Christian church dedicated to the Virgin Mary was built
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The secular historians eschewed the history of the Christian church. Ecclesiastical history was left to a separate genre after
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on Justinian's public works projects throughout the empire. The first book may date to before the collapse of the first dome of
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and appears to have been written after they were published. Current consensus generally dates it to 550, or less commonly 558.
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suggest that his relationship with Belisarius cooled thereafter. When Belisarius was sent back to Italy in 544 to cope with
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Whitby, L. M. "Procopius and the Development of Roman Defences in Upper Mesopotamia", in P. Freeman and D. Kennedy (ed.),
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The Speech of the Armenians in Procopius: Justinian's Foreign Policy and the Transition between Books 1 and 2 of the Wars
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Procopius, his predecessors, and the genesis of the Anecdota: Antimonarchic discourse in late antique historiography
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that lasted a year and nine days, ending in mid-March 538. He witnessed Belisarius's entry into the Gothic capital,
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in comparison to contemporary pagan panegyrics. Procopius can be seen as depicting Justinian as essentially God's
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to be an incomplete work due to evidence of the surviving version being a draft with two possible redactions.
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Max, Gerald E., "Procopius' Portrait of the (Western Roman) Emperor Majorian: History and Historiography,"
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Classicism, Barbarism, and Warfare: Prokopios and the Conservative Reaction to Later Roman Military Policy
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https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789462988231/masculinity-identity-and-power-politics-in-the-age-of-justinian
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Identifying Dissident Circles in Sixth-Century Byzantium: The Friendship of Prokopios and Ioannes Lydos
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in 557, but some scholars think that it is possible that the work postdates the building of the
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The Date and Structure of Prokopios’ Secret History and his Projected Work on Church History
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The writings of Procopius are the primary source of information for the rule of the emperor
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Procopius was with Belisarius on the eastern front until the latter was defeated at the
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reveals an author who had become deeply disillusioned with Emperor Justinian, his wife
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Il seguito ostrogoto di Amalafrida: confutazione di Procopio, Bellum Vandalicum 1.8.12
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on the emperor's public works projects throughout the empire, and a book known as the
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Apart from his own writings, the main source for Procopius's life is an entry in the
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Ethnography after antiquity : foreign lands and peoples in Byzantine literature
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For an alternative reading of Procopius as a trained engineer, see Howard-Johnson.
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there. In 533, he accompanied Belisarius on his victorious expedition against the
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Greek text with commentaries, index nominum, etc. at Sorin Olteanu's LTDM Project
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Cresci, Lia Raffaella. "Procopio al confine tra due tradizioni storiografiche".
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Procopius's dream before the campaign against Libya: a reading of Wars 3.12.1-5
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Procopius of Caesarea. Tyranny, History, and Philosophy at the End of Antiquity
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The Secret History of Art by Noah Charney on the Vatican Library and Procopius
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Narses and the Battle of Taginae (552 AD): Procopius and Sixth-Century Warfare
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http://oxfordbyzantinesociety.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/obsnews2012final.pdf
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Procopius of Caesarea: Tyranny, History and Philosophy at the End of Antiquity
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when Belisarius returned east to the capital. Procopius recorded a few of the
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https://sites.google.com/site/jouhsinfo/issue7specialissueforinternetexplorer
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Morcillo, Jesús Muñoz; Robertson-von Trotha, Caroline Y. (30 November 2020).
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Battles and Generals: Combat, Culture, and Didacticism in Procopius' Wars
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Procopius: Greek historian, born in *Caesarea (2) in Palestine c. AD 500.
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based on Procopius's works (along with other sources) have been written.
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was written in 550 and remained unpublished during Procopius' lifetime.
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Genealogy of Popular Science: From Ancient Ecphrasis to Virtual Reality
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Howard-Johnson, James: 'The Education and Expertise of Procopius'; in
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Prokop, Agathias, die Pest und das ′Ende′ der antiken Historiographie
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Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association
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Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association
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Downey, Glanville: "The Composition of Procopius, De Aedificiis", in
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Hornblower, Simon; Spawforth, Antony; Eidinow, Esther, eds. (2012).
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Xenophon’s Hellenica in Procopius’ Wars: Pharnabazus and Belisarius
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Prokopios’ Vandal War: Thematic Trajectories and Hidden Transcripts
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The Composition of Procopius' Persian Wars and John the Cappadocian
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proved influential on later Byzantine historiography. In the 570s
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On the other hand, it has been argued that Procopius prepared the
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Procopius of Caesarea: The Persian Wars. A Historical Commentary.
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It is not certain when Procopius died. Many historians—including
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From Rome to Constantinople. Studies in Honour of Averil Cameron
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Strabo and Procopius: Classical Geography for a Christian Empire
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Whitby, Michael: "Procopian Polemics: a review of A. Kaldellis
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would not be proof that Procopius hated Justinian or Theodora.
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is Procopius's account of Theodora's thespian accomplishments:
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in 531 and recalled to Constantinople. Procopius witnessed the
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Procopius of Caesarea: Literary and Historical Interpretations
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Procopius of Caesarea: Literary and Historical Interpretations
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http://classicsconfidential.co.uk/2011/11/19/secret-histories/
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Revised by Peter Sarris. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. 2007 .
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Belisarius may be this bearded figure on the right of Emperor
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Procopius uses and translates a number of Latin words in his
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by Ariel S. Lewin and Pietrina Pellegrini, pp. 299–311;
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in 1938. Procopius himself appears as a minor character in
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exile after the coup. If this hypothesis were correct, the
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and deportation of its inhabitants to Mesopotamia, and the
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covers roughly the same years as the first seven books of
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Recent work on Procopius and the composition of Wars VIII
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Procopius' Poliorcetica: continuities and discontinuities
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of January, 532, which Belisarius and his fellow general
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23/1 (1957), 273–599. Earlier published (with index) as
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Prokopios’ Persian War: A Thematic and Literary Analysis
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H. B. Dewing's Loeb edition of the works of Procopius:
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War and Warfare in Late Antiquity: Current Perspectives
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Totila and the Lucanian Peasants: Procop. Goth. 3.22.20
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War and warfare in late antiquity. Current perspectives
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Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft
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Croke, Brian and James Crow: "Procopius and Dara", in
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This article is about the historian and author of the
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Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae Pars II Vol. 3
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Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae Pars II Vol. 2
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about the Vatican Library and its famous manuscript,
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Procopio al confine tra due tradizioni storiografiche
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Procopius speaks of becoming Belisarius's advisor (
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He may have attended law school, possibly at 2297:Perceptions of Procopius in Recent Scholarship 2005:Procopius and the chronology of Clovis's reign 1402: 1400: 2940: 2647:Contests of Andreia in Procopius’ Gothic Wars 2594:Meier, Mischa and Federico Montinaro (eds.): 2167:Rivista di Filologia e di Istruzione Classica 1993:Procopius, Agathias and the Frankish Military 1658:Rivista di Filologia e di Istruzione Classica 977:Due to the panegyrical nature of Procopius's 34:. For other persons with the given name, see 8: 2522:2013 “La defensa de Roma por Belisario” in: 2417:North Africa under Byzantium and Early Islam 2315:Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2022. 2238:Procopius and Justinian's Financial Policies 2039:Prokops De aedificiis, Buch V, zu Kleinasien 1142:as evidence of the narrative's feasibility. 772:under the skillful leadership of Belisarius. 2703:The Defence of the Roman and Byzantine East 2598:Brill, Leiden 2022, ISBN 978-3-89781-215-4. 2567:The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire 2505:Procopius on the struggle for Dara and Rome 2459:Lillington-Martin, Christopher, 2007–2017: 2415:, in: S. T. Stevens & J. Conant, eds., 2208:The Composition of Procopius, De Aedificiis 1981:, in: C. Angelidi and G. Calofonos (eds.), 1970:Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 1923:by James Allan Evans, originally posted at 1460:. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1972, p. 31. 1005:. This had actually been carried out under 458: 430: 418: 406: 394: 280: 2947: 2933: 2925: 2055:. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2007. ( 1987:, Farnham: Ashgate Publishing 2014, 79–94. 1158:(in Greek). Revised by G. Wirth. Leipzig: 44: 2622:Historia. Zeitschrift für alte Geschichte 1952:Jordanes and Procopius on Northern Europe 1728: 1726: 1499:, p.46. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart. 806:), was discovered centuries later at the 624:that devastated the empire from 542. The 2782:, English translation (Dewing, 1935) at 2578:, Sonderdruck Aus Band 74/1981, pp. 1-6. 2320:The Education and Expertise of Procopius 1647:. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2007. 2676:, Basingstoke: Macmillan 2007, 176–226. 1820:Book I: A Panegyrical Perspective", in 1670:Mendelsohn, Daniel (26 December 2010). 1335: 1280: 370:, Belisarius was an "illustrious man" ( 2841:Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae 2542:πάρεδρος / quaestor, Codex Justinianus 2507:, in A. Sarantis, N. Christie (eds.): 2107:. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2004. 1218: 955:in the late 550s. Historians consider 909:Triumphal arch at the entrance to the 663:that had occupied Rome's provinces in 2596:A Companion to Procopius of Caesarea. 2220:Justinian and the Historian Procopius 883:with Belisarius' godson, Theodosius. 690:. Procopius includes accounts of the 7: 2908:. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 2406:, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2010, 253–273. 2233:. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1972. 2087:Antimonarchic discourse in Antiquity 460:praefectus urbi Constantinopolitanae 96:Legal adviser, political commentator 2430:Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 2371:American Journal of Ancient History 1138:cites Procopius's description of a 1020:Procopius belongs to the school of 556:The first two books—often known as 355:a renewal of the war with the Goths 2802:vols. I–VI at the Internet Archive 2609:Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 2404:History as Literature in Byzantium 2189:Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 2120:Procopius and the island of ghosts 2094:Procopius on the Economy of Lazica 1944:Reading the past in late antiquity 1430:pi.2479. See under 'Procopius' on 1409:pi.2479. See under 'Procopius' on 1201:. Penguin Classics. Translated by 835:In the eyes of many scholars, the 27:Byzantine historian (c. 500 – 565) 25: 3526:People of the Roman–Sasanian Wars 3404:Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos 2896:Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). 2641:, Stuttgart: Druckenmüller, 1954. 2533:(editor), Routledge (July 2017), 2373:, n.s. 3-4 (2004-2005 ), 189–218. 2342:Procopius the military historian, 2061:Review in English by A. Kaldellis 2020:Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 1589:Dolphin, Lambert (16 July 2021). 1183:; Dewing, Henry B., eds. (1940). 1155:Procopii Caesariensis opera omnia 1097:was written by poet and novelist 686:by Belisarius and others against 327:extreme weather events of 535–536 305:repressed with a massacre in the 178:. Accompanying the Roman general 3496:6th-century Byzantine historians 3327:Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger 2816:Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society 2756: 2722:Works by Procopius in eBook form 2663:, Cerae 2 (2015), pp. 1–25. 2057:Review in English by G. Greatrex 1984:Dreaming in Byzantium and Beyond 1885:. Ballantine Books. p. 111. 1170:Dewing, H. B., ed. (1914–1940). 608:, the war by Kavadh's successor 2561:, Leuven: Peeters, 2007, 67–84. 2535:www.routledge.com/9781472466044 2280:. London: Francis Cairns, 1998. 2278:Rome and Persia at War, 502–532 2251:, D.Phil. thesis, Oxford, 1994. 2134:Procopius and the Sixth Century 1942:, in: G. Clarke et al. (eds.): 1768:Procopius and the Sixth Century 1471:Procopius and the Sixth Century 1447:, London: Duckworth, 1985, p.7. 1445:Procopius and the Sixth Century 1373:The Oxford Classical Dictionary 860:Similarly, the Theodora of the 720:). The last book describes the 438:on the site of the Temple Mount 331:a mutiny in and around Carthage 278:, he became the legal adviser ( 3212:Nikephoros I of Constantinople 2682:. An article by art historian 2674:The Early Byzantine Historians 2557:, in H. Amirav et al. (eds.): 2249:Procopius and the Persian Wars 2158:, Leiden: Brill 2013, 571–598. 670:The final four books—known as 428:, which was restricted to the 317:, took part in the capture of 1: 3521:People from Caesarea Maritima 2899:"Procopius of Caesarea"  2821:Of the buildings of Justinian 2304:8 (2014), 76–121 and 121a–e ( 2256:The dates of Procopius' works 2194:Croke, Brian and James Crow: 1240:Prokopios: The Secret History 1199:Procopius: The Secret History 337:in Italy and experienced the 161: 83: 58: 3511:Sources on Germanic paganism 2571:, Cambridge 1992, 1060–1066. 2200:The Journal of Roman Studies 2074:Encyclopaedia Iranica Online 2027:Sexual Rhetoric in Procopius 1919:This article is based on an 1881:de Camp, L. Sprague (1949). 1781:The Journal of Roman Studies 1152:J. Haury, ed. (1962–1964) . 931: 38:. For the spider genus, see 2755:(public domain audiobooks) 2740:Works by or about Procopius 2337:Supplement 9 (2019) 19.1–8. 2141:The scepticism of Procopius 2033:40 (1987), pp. 150–152 1957:Nottingham Medieval Studies 1846:Kaldellis, Anthony (2013). 1591:"Visiting the Temple Mount" 1349:. Transcript. p. 332. 1231:English translation of the 1115:'s alternate history novel 1012:who reigned before Justin. 616:in 540, his destruction of 357:, now led by the able king 174:scholar and historian from 3542: 3337:Eustathius of Thessalonica 3013:Socrates of Constantinople 2824:by Procopius, (ca 560 A.D) 2488:2011, "Secret Histories", 2432:, Vol. 49 (2009), 585–616. 2346:Byzantinische Forschungen. 1816:Whitby, Mary: "Procopius' 1770:. 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Börm (ed.): 2069:Procopius of Caesarea 2052:Prokop und die Perser 1975:Anagnostakis, Ilias: 1949:Alonso-Núñez, J. M.: 1644:Prokop und die Perser 1497:Prokop und die Perser 1495:Börm, Henning (2007) 908: 760:in the mosaic in the 755: 655:)—cover Belisarius's 487: 258:). He evidently knew 146:Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς 137:Procopius of Caesarea 3357:Constantine Manasses 3186:Hippolytus of Thebes 3165:Trajan the Patrician 3059:Hesychius of Miletus 3044:Cyril of Scythopolis 2955:Byzantine historians 2766:, Greek text (Migne 2624:30.4 (2005) 424–472. 2591:278 (2004), 281–310. 2422:Kaldellis, Anthony: 2409:Kaldellis, Anthony: 2396:Kaldellis, Anthony: 2389:Kaldellis, Anthony: 2376:Kaldellis, Anthony: 2363:Kaldellis, Anthony: 2358:online (PDF; 989 KB) 2311:Greatrex, Geoffrey: 2294:Greatrex, Geoffrey: 2283:Greatrex, Geoffrey: 2276:Greatrex, Geoffrey: 2265:Greatrex, Geoffrey: 2254:Greatrex, Geoffrey: 2247:Greatrex, Geoffrey: 2229:Evans, James A. S.: 2218:Evans, James A. 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Index

Prokopios
Procopius (given name)
Procopius (spider)
Caesarea Maritima
Palaestina Prima
Eastern Roman Empire
Greek
Latin
late antique
Greek
Caesarea Maritima
Belisarius
Emperor Justinian
Suda
Caesarea
province
Palaestina Prima
Greek classics
rhetoric
school at Gaza
Berytus
Beirut
Constantinople
Istanbul
Latin
Justinian I
Belisarius
Battle of Callinicum
Nika riots
Mundus

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