Procopius

Procopius of Caesarea served with the general Belisarius and wrote the History of the Wars, Buildings and Secret History. His works cover the Persian, Vandal and Gothic wars, Justinian’s building programme and hostile court gossip.

For the site, Procopius belongs in Classical as a late antique Greek historian linked to the eastern Roman world. He supports pages on Justinian, Belisarius, Byzantium, North Africa, Italy and the transformation from ancient to medieval empire.