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Published on: 2009-07-29
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LIKE most notables of the Roman Empire in Byzantine times, the historian Procopius was not a Latin. He was born in Caesarea in Palestine about 500 A. D., and apparently was one of those Samaritans whom he mentions in the 'Secret History' as adopting Christianity for formal protection and not at all for spiritual reasons. Certainly his frequent allusions to the religion of his period, if they do not, in the words of Edward Gibbon, "betray occasional conformity, with a secret attachment to Paganism and Philosophy," at least show the detached mind of a critic to whom the hierarchy is not exactly infallible. If our historian shows at times a Grecian simplicity and an unorthodox distaste for the killing of heretics, it must be remembered that before he became a Roman he had been a Rhetorician, which profession required a long and thorough acquaintance with that seductive siren, Hellenic literature. And one who once dallies with the language of Aeschylus and Sappho is only too likely thereafter to disdain any country other than Arcady. If the young Procopius, journeying to Constantinople in his middle twenties, anticipated himself a second Lysias in another Athens, he was likely to be disappointed. Here, washed by the waters across which Leander had plunged to Hero, and in sight of the Crashing Rocks between which the Argonauts had once venturously sailed, was a colorful but mad city of pomp and confusion, intrigue and cruelty. For a while, of course, the excitement of living in the kaleidoscopic capital of the world, after the rustic quiet of Samaria and the imagined tranquillity of Theocritus, would stimulate the young stranger to seek a worldly success. The rhetorician’s trade included giving lessons in elocution and acting as advocate in law cases. Apparently Procopius’s skill at either was eminent; for in 527 he had become renowned enough to be appointed secretary and aide to the great general Belisarius, and as such accompanied him on the campaign against the Persians. Procopius - Wikipedia The writings of Procopius are the primary source of information for the rule of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian. Procopius was the author of a history in eight ... Browse By Author: P - Project Gutenberg Paavo-Kallio Esa 1858-1936 fi.wikipedia; Honkakannel 1 Kielten viritys (Finnish) (as Author) Pacheco C. See: Pessoa Fernando 1888-1935. Pacheco Jos 1885-1934 Ancient Roman History Timeline - EXOVEDATE Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR is a great film. Is it great history? Click here to learn the real story behind the events and characters portrayed ... Procopius of Caesarea - Vortigern Studies: Procopius Vortigern and the sources ... Procopius of Caesarea was born in the latter years of the fifth century at Caesarea in Palestine. The Secret History (Penguin Classics): Procopius Peter ... The Secret History (Penguin Classics) [Procopius Peter Sarris G. A. Williamson] on . *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A trusted member of the ... Byzantine Empire - Crystalinks Early History. The Eastern Empire was largely spared the difficulties of the west in the 3rd and 4th centuries (see Crisis of the Third Century) in part because ... The Secret History of Procopius: IX. And How Theodora ... p. 98. IX. AND HOW THEODORA MOST DEPRAVED OF ALL COURTESANS WON HIS LOVE. HE took a wife: and in what manner she was born and bred and wedded to this man tore up ... A Concise Biography of Justinian I - About.com Education Mosaic of Emperor Justinian in the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna. Public Domain; courtesy of Wikimedia The Secret History of Procopius: XVI. What Happened to ... p. 159. XVI. WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE WHO FELL OUT OF FAVOR WITH THEODORA. HOW Theodora treated those who offended her will now be shown though again I can give only a ... Secret history - Wikipedia A secret history (or shadow history) is a revisionist interpretation of either fictional or real history which is claimed to have been deliberately suppressed ...
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