Procopius of Caesarea: Tyranny, History, and Philosophy at the End of Antiquity

by Anthony Kaldellis

Justinian governed the Roman empire for more than thirty-eight years, and the events of his reign were recorded by Procopius of Caesarea, secretary of the general Belisarius. Yet, significantly, Procopius composed a history, a panegyric, as well as a satire of his own times. Anthony Kaldellis here offers a new interpretation of these writings of Procopius, situating him as a major source for the sixth century and one of the great historians of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812237870
• ISBN13: 9780812237870
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"