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Prokopios von Caesarea

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Prokopios von Caesarea

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Also known as Procopius of Caesarea

Spätantiker Historiker

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Procopius was a male historian, lawyer, and writer from the Byzantine Empire. Born in Caesarea Maritima around 500, he died in Constantinople, with recorded dates of death including 565, 558, and April 1, 562. He wrote in Ancient Greek and is associated with the native name Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς.

His notable works include *On Buildings*, *Secret History*, and *History of the Wars*. Other listed titles are *Histoire de Justinien*, *战史*, *Procopio cesariense De la longa & aspra guerra de Gothi libri tre*, *Historiarum Procopii Caesariensis libri VIII*, and *Anekdota*. Procopius has been described in sources such as the *Nordisk familjebok*, *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, *Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary*, and *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*.

Synthesized by Vinony from 27 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
ca. 500
Died
ca. 565
Works
109

Top works

  • Procopii Caesariensis opera omnia recognovit Jacobus Haury ...
  • Histoire de Justinien
  • 战史
  • Procopio cesariense De la longa & aspra guerra de Gothi libri tre
  • Historiarum Procopii Caesariensis libri VIII

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
2

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Procopius">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. History of the Wars

    · 1914 · cited 55x

  2. Buildings

    · 1940 · cited 36x

  3. Anecdota, or Secret History

    · 1935 · cited 14x

  4. Secret History

    · 1960 · cited 5x

  5. Opera omnia, Volume I, De bellis libri I-IV

    · 2001 · cited 1x

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Key facts

Writer.name
Procopius
Writer.birth_place
Caesarea Maritima, Palaestina Prima, Byzantine Empire
Writer.death_place
Constantinople
Writer.occupation
Legal adviser, political commentator
Writer.subject
Secular history

via Wikipedia infobox

Works in European collections

31 objects attributed to Prokopios von Caesarea, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Article · Deutsch

Prokopios von Caesarea (griechisch Προκόπιος, lateinisch Procopius Caesarensis, im Deutschen meist Prokop genannt; * um 500 in Caesarea Maritima; † um 560 in Konstantinopel) war ein spätantiker griechischer bzw. frühbyzantinischer Historiker des 6. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. Er gilt als der letzte große Geschichtsschreiber der Antike und als bedeutendste Quelle zur Zeit Kaiser Justinians.

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