The Secret History of the Court of Justinian by ProcopiusWilliam Shakespeare
A first century Byzantine historian offers portraits of the emperor Justinian, the empress Theodora, and the brilliant general Belisarius, describing the injustices of Justinian's reign. Secret History的创作者 ··· Richard Atwater 译者 原文摘录 ··· "...she would sink down to the stage ...
The most famous woman of late antiquity, the empress Theodora, is portrayed with a very sharp pen in Procopius’ Secret History. The 6th century historian here sets out to tell "what manner of persons Justinian and Theodora were and the method by which they ruined the Roman Empire"--in an...
History credits the princess His Ling-Shi with the invention of the process known as reeling. She noticed something strange after a cocoon had fallen into her cup of hot tea. While retrieving it she noticed the delicate silk fibers were coming apart. The process today is done in a very sim...
Procopius dates the composition of the Secret History precisely to the 32nd year of Justinian's reign, that is 1 April 558 – 31 March 559 if he meant the regnal year or 1 September 558 – 31 August 559 if he meant the indiction year. Unfortunately this is not as straightforward as ...
Appendix 1. Secret History 19-30 and the Edicts of Justinian : Procopius of Caesarea Tyranny, History, and Philosophy at the End of AntiquityKaldellis, Anthony
A unique insight into the reign of the imperial couple Justinian and Theodora is presented. The private and public life of the emperors, their deceit and destruction and its consequences are depicted. The book reveals secrets and gives voice to that age's common men. It is an essential land...
It analyzes the structure of the book and clarifies two different confusing methods by which Prokopios dated the reign of Justinian.KaldellisAnthonyEBSCO_AspGreek Roman & Byzantine StudiesA. Kaldellis, "The Date and Structure of Prokopios' Secret History and his Projected Work on Church History," ...
YugoslaviahistorynationalismThe article focuses on secrets kept by former Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic and his wife Mirjana that could be compared to historian Procopius' Secret History, which detailed the misdeeds of Byzantinian emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora. The author says the ...
s emperor Justinian. Other works by Procopius are the Anecdota or Secret History—vehement attacks on Justinian, Theodora, and others; and The Buildings of Justinian (down to 558 CE) including roads and bridges as well as churches, forts, hospitals, and so on in various parts of the ...