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Title: Procopius: The Anecdota or Secret History by Procopius ISBN: 0-674-99320-9 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: June, 1935 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)
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Summary: "A Byzantine Soap-Opera"
Comment: Procopius was sent by Justinian in 527 A.D. to assist the great general Belisarius as secretary and privy councillor during the expedition against the Persians. With this in mind, it would appear that Procopius' intimate relations with Belisarius, his wife Antonia, the Empress Theodora, and the Emperor Justinian, would keep his treatment of them within the bounds of believability, remaining free from both partialty and the general gossip of the times. Indeed, in certain aspects this is true; however, many times his hightened exaggerations seem a bit fictitious and superfluous. Procopius constantly hurls insults upon these Byzantine dignitaries as if he was the sole judge of their character; and he rarely ever has anything good to say about anybody or anything. In order to test the reliability of Procopius' "Secret History," it must be compared with other chronicles of his time, which are quite scanty, and many times erroneous and misleading. Despite all this, it must be noted that the great Edward Gibbon, a fair judge himself, said that Procopius was "the gravest historian of the times." The book is interesting, and at the same time a bit too personal. A wise suggestion would be to pick up his other works first; they will prove much more useful.
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Title: Procopius: History of the Wars: Secret History: Books I and Ii, Persian War by Procopius, H. B. Dewing ISBN: 0674990544 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: June, 2014 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
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Title: Procopius: History of the Wars; Secret History: Books Vi-Vii, Gothic War by Procopius, H. B. Dewing ISBN: 0674991915 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: June, 1924 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
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Title: Constantine Porphyrogenitus De Administrando Imperio (Dumbarton Oaks Texts 1) by Gy. Moravcsik, R. J. H. Jenkins, Gyula Moravcsik, Constantine ISBN: 0884020215 Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Center Studies Pub. Date: July, 1985 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Secret History by G. A. Williamson, Procopius ISBN: 0140441824 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: March, 1982 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title:The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition) ASIN: B00009TB5G Publisher: New Line Home Entertainment Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $25.99 |
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