Procopius of Caesarea : : Tyranny, History, and Philosophy at the End of Antiquity / / 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 o...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Classicism and Its Discontents -- Chapter 2. Tales Not Unworthy of Trust: Anecdotes and the Persian War -- Chapter 3. The Secret History of Philosophy -- Chapter 4. The Representation of Tyranny -- Chapter 5. God and Tyche in the Wars -- Appendix 1. Secret History 19-30 and the Edicts of Justinian -- Appendix 2. The Plan of Secret History 6-18 -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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