| Secret History Contributor(s): Procopius (Author), Atwater, Richard (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0472087282 ISBN-13: 9780472087280 Publisher: University of Michigan Press OUR PRICE: $16.78 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1960 Annotation: A scathing indictment of the emperor Justinian and his 6th-century Byzantine court by the greatest historian of the period |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Rome |
| LCCN: 60-15773 |
| Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.36" W x 8.02" (0.44 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written with passion and personal malice, the Secret History of Procopius is a scathing indictment of the emperor Justinian and his sixth-century Byzantine court. Never has there been a more calculated attempt to ruin an entire reign in the eyes of posterity. Procopius writes of: . . . How the Great General Belisarius was hoodwinked by his wife, whose lover became a monk. . . . How Theodora, most depraved of all empresses, won Justinian's love. . . . How she saved five hundred harlots from a life of sin, made off with her own natural son, and other curious incidents of her passion. |