Procopius
Sign in to saveProcopius of Caesarea (; Prokópios ho Kaisareús; ; – 565) was a prominent Byzantine Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Byzantine general Belisarius in Emperor Justinian's wars, Procopius became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the History of the Wars, the Buildings, and the Secret History.
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Procopius of Caesarea was a 6th-century Byzantine historian who traveled with the general Belisarius during Emperor Justinian's military campaigns and became the era's most important historical chronicler. He is remembered for three major works—the *History of the Wars*, the *Buildings*, and the *Secret History*—that provide our primary accounts of Byzantine politics, military conflicts, and construction projects during this period.
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- Born
- ca. 500
- Died
- ca. 565
- Works
- 109
Top works
- Histoire de Justinien
- 战史
- Procopio cesariense De la longa & aspra guerra de Gothi libri tre
- Historiarum Procopii Caesariensis libri VIII
- Anekdota
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- Writer.name
- Procopius
- Writer.birth_place
- Caesarea Maritima, Palaestina Prima, Byzantine Empire
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26 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early life
- Career
- Death
- Writings
- ''History of the Wars''
- ''Secret History''
- ''The Buildings''
- Scholarly assessment
- Modern interpretations
- Style
- Legacy
- List of selected works
- See also
- Footnotes
- Attribution
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Books
- Journals
- Magazines
- Further reading
- External links
- Texts of Procopius
- Secondary material
Procopius of Caesarea (; Prokópios ho Kaisareús; ; – 565) was a prominent Byzantine Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Byzantine general Belisarius in Emperor Justinian's wars, Procopius became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the History of the Wars, the Buildings, and the Secret History.
== Biography == === Early life === Apart from his own writings, the main source for Procopius's life is an entry in the Suda, a Byzantine Greek encyclopaedia written sometime after 975 which (based on older sources) discusses his early life. He was a native of Caesarea in the province of Palaestina Prima. He would have received a conventional upper-class education in the Greek classics and rhetoric, perhaps at the school at Gaza. He may have attended law school, possibly at Berytus (present-day Beirut) or Constantinople (now Istanbul), and became a lawyer (rhetor). He evidently knew Latin, as was natural for a man with legal training.