LEADER 02668nam 2200397 450 001 996218335003316 005 20231103231613.0 010 $a0-674-99320-9 035 $a(CKB)3820000000012380 035 $a(NjHacI)993820000000012380 035 $a(EXLCZ)993820000000012380 100 $a20231103d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aProcopius$hVI$iThe Anecdota or Secret History /$fProcopius ;translated by H. B. Dewing 210 1$aCambridge, MA :$cHarvard University Press,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (xxii, 384 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aLoeb classical library ;$v290 300 $aIncludes index. 327 $aThe anecdota or secret history, Appendices -- Chronological table -- Index -- Maps. 330 $aProcopius, born at Caesarea in Palestine late in the 5th century, became a lawyer. In 527 CE he was made legal adviser and secretary of Belisarius, commander against the Persians, and went with Belisarius again in 533 against the Vandals and in 535 against the Ostrogoths. Sometime after 540 he returned to Constantinople. He may have been that Procopius who was prefect of Constantinople in 562, but the date of his death (after 558) is unknown.Procopius's History of the Wars in 8 books recounts the Persian Wars of emperors Justinus and Justinian down to 550 (2 books); the Vandalic War and after-events in Africa 532-546 (2 books); the Gothic War against the Ostrogoths in Sicily and Italy 536-552 (3 books); and a sketch of events to 554 (1 book). The whole consists largely of military history, with much information about peoples and places as well, and about special events. He was a diligent, careful, judicious narrator of facts and developments and shows good powers of description. He is just to the empire's enemies and boldly criticises emperor Justinian. Other works by Procopius are the Anecdota or Secret History-vehement attacks on Justinian, Theodora, and others; and The Buildings of Justinian (down to 558 CE) including roads and bridges as well as churches, forts, hospitals, and so on in various parts of the empire.The Loeb Classical Library edition of Procopius is in seven volumes. 410 0$aLoeb classical library ;$v290. 607 $aByzantine Empire$xHistory$yJustinian I, 527-565 607 $aGreece History 676 $a355.00949509021 700 $aProcopius$0293068 702 $aDewing$b H. B. 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996218335003316 996 $aDe bellis$920954 997 $aUNISA