Justinian is raked over the coals as cruel, venal, prodigal and incompetent as for Theodora, the reader is treated to the most detailed and titillating portrayals of vulgarity and insatiable lust combined with shrewish and calculating mean-spiritedness.
The anecdotes claim to expose the secret springs of their public actions, as well as the private lives of the emperor, his wife and their entourage.
The Secret History reveals an author who had become deeply disillusioned with the emperor Justinian and his wife, Empress Theodora, as well as Belisarius, his former commander and patron, and Antonina, Belisarius' wife. LITERALLY AND COMPLETELY TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK FOR THE FIRST TIME CONTENTS. He is commonly held to be the last major historian of the ancient world.The writings of Procopius are the primary source of information for the rule of the Roman emperor Justinian. The Secret History of the Court of Justinian PROCOPIUS. Accompanying the general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the "Wars of Justinian", the "Buildings of Justinian" and the celebrated "Secret History". AD 565) was a prominent Byzantine scholar from Palaestina Prima.
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