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The Secret History

By Procopius, G. A. Williamson (Translator), Peter Sarris (Translator), Peter Sarris (Introduction), Peter Sarris (Noted by)
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By Procopius, G. A. Williamson (Translator), Peter Sarris (Translator), Peter Sarris (Introduction), Peter Sarris (Noted by)
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A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different—and dangerous—history to be published only once its author was safely in his grave. The Secret History portrays the 'great lawgiver' Justinian as a rampant king of corruption and tyranny, the Empress Theodora as a sorceress and w...

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