Procopius, 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 ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1940
ISBN-13:9780674993785ISBN:0674993780
Description: New. Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 576 p. Loeb Classical Library, 343. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1940
ISBN-13:9780674993785ISBN:0674993780
Description: New. Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 576 p. Loeb Classical Library, 343. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: HARVARD UNIV PR
Date Published: 1940
ISBN-13:9780674993785ISBN:0674993780
Description: New. Procopius, born at Caesarea in Palestine late in the 5th century, became a lawyer. In AD 527 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 a... read more
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