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Procopius
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Procopius of Caesarea (; Prokópios ho Kaisareús; ; – 565) was a prominent Byzantine Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Byzantine general Belisarius in Emperor Justinian's wars, Procopius became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the History of the Wars, the Buildings, and the Secret History.
Procopius of Caesarea was a 6th-century Byzantine historian who traveled with the general Belisarius during Emperor Justinian's military campaigns and became the era's most important historical chronicler. He is remembered for three major works—the *History of the Wars*, the *Buildings*, and the *Secret History*—that provide our primary accounts of Byzantine politics, military conflicts, and construction projects during this period.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 500
- Died
- ca. 565
- Works
- 109
Top works
- Procopii Caesariensis opera omnia recognovit Jacobus Haury ...
- Histoire de Justinien
- 战史
- Procopio cesariense De la longa & aspra guerra de Gothi libri tre
- Historiarum Procopii Caesariensis libri VIII
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5 total works indexed
- History of the Wars
· 1914 · cited 49x
- Buildings
· 1940 · cited 35x
- Anecdota, or Secret History
· 1935 · cited 14x
- Secret History
· 1960 · cited 5x
- Opera omnia, Volume I, De bellis libri I-IV
· 2001 · cited 1x
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Key facts
- Writer.name
- Procopius
- Writer.birth_place
- Caesarea Maritima, Palaestina Prima, Byzantine Empire
- Writer.death_place
- Constantinople
- Writer.occupation
- Legal adviser, political commentator
- Writer.subject
- Secular history
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- Place of birth
- Caesarea Maritima
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- name in native language
- Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς
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- universal language
- significant place
- Caesarea Maritima
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Works in European collections
31 objects attributed to Procopius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Procopius De gothicis bellis
De la guerra di Giustiniano Imperatore contra i Persiani lib. II. De la guerra del medesmo contra i Vandali, lib. II. Di latino ... trad. per Benedetto Egio
De bello persico (libri IV a Rapaele Volaterrano conversi)
Opere di Procopio di Cesarea
History of his time (in 8 books). Over and with explanations. by Peter Friedrich Kanngießer
Procopii Caesariensis de rebvs Gothorvm, Persarvm ac Vandalorum libri VII, una cum alijs mendiorum temporum historicis, quorum catalogum sequens indicabit pagina ...
Procopio Cesariense, De La Gverra di Giustiniano, imperatore, contra i Persiani, lib. II. De La Gverra del medesimo contra i Vandali, lib. II. /
Procopii Rhetoris Et Historici Caesariensis, de Iustiniani Augusti Caesaris aedificijs orationes sex /
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Pomponii Melae De orbis sitv libri tres, accuratissime eme[n]dati, vna cum Commentarijs /
Petri Victorii Commentarij longe doctissimi, in tres libros Aristotelis de Arte dicendi, nunc primum in Germania editi
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26 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early life
- Career
- Death
- Writings
- ''History of the Wars''
- ''Secret History''
- ''The Buildings''
- Scholarly assessment
- Modern interpretations
- Style
- Legacy
- List of selected works
- See also
- Footnotes
- Attribution
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Books
- Journals
- Magazines
- Further reading
- External links
- Texts of Procopius
- Secondary material
Procopius of Caesarea (; Prokópios ho Kaisareús; ; – 565) was a prominent Byzantine Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Byzantine general Belisarius in Emperor Justinian's wars, Procopius became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the History of the Wars, the Buildings, and the Secret History.
== Biography == === Early life === Apart from his own writings, the main source for Procopius's life is an entry in the Suda, a Byzantine Greek encyclopaedia written sometime after 975 which (based on older sources) discusses his early life. He was a native of Caesarea in the province of Palaestina Prima. He would have received a conventional upper-class education in the Greek classics and rhetoric, perhaps at the school at Gaza. He may have attended law school, possibly at Berytus (present-day Beirut) or Constantinople (now Istanbul), and became a lawyer (rhetor). He evidently knew Latin, as was natural for a man with legal training.