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Historical person
c. 5th century–565
Procopius was a sixth-century Byzantine historian who served with Belisarius. His Wars describes campaigns against Persia, Vandals and Ostrogoths, while the Buildings praises Justinian and the Secret History attacks the imperial court with extraordinary bitterness.
Robert Graves’s Count Belisarius places Procopius within a narrative shaped by military command and battlefield decision-making, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and exploration, travel and cultural encounter.
In non-fiction, Procopius is discussed in Nick Holmes’s Justinian’s Empire. In Nick Holmes’s Justinian’s Empire, Theodora and Procopius are central to an account of court politics, propaganda and the contested reputation of the emperor.
Series
The Moments of History series uses self-contained historical adventures to explore discoveries and technologies that changed the balance of power between societies. Each novel follows fictional travellers and craftsmen whose ambitions place them beside documented rulers, scholars and military events at a decisive historical turning point. The Silk…
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