Secret History by Procopius

Secret History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780472087280)

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Secret History by Procopius

Secret History

$16.95
Secret History by Procopius

Secret History

$16.95
Format: Paperback
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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 of:
. . . How the Great General Belisarius was hoodwinked by his wife, whose lover became a monk.
. . . How Theodora, most depraved of all empresses, won Justinian's love.
. . . How she saved five hundred harlots from a life of sin, made off with her own natural son, and other curious incidents of her passion.

Author: Procopius
ISBN-10: 0472087282
ISBN-13: 9780472087280
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Language: English
Published: 07/06/1960
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.36w x 0.47d
By Procopius
By Procopius
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Procopius was the greatest historian of the Later Roman Empire. He was the author of an account of the Persian, Vandal, and Gothic Wars called The History of the Wars, and of Buildings of Justinian. His Secret History lay unpublished until 1623. The present translation by Richard Attwater is the only one to stand as a work of literature in its own right.

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