Procopius History of the wars Books 1 - 2

With an english translation by H.B. Dewing

Procopius History of the wars Books 1 - 2 - Procopio de Cesarea - Loeb Classical Library
Publisher name: 
Loeb Classical Library
Year of publication: 
1916
Pages: 
608
Book size:
12x17cm
Binding: 
Hard cover

Procopius Volume I
Loeb Classical Library 48
History of the Wars, Volume I
Books 1-2. (Persian War)

Table of Contents
Introduction
Bibliography
History of the Wars
Book 1. The Persian War
Book 2. The Persian War, continued
Index

Procopius, born at Caesarea in Palestine late in the 5th century, became a lawyer. In 527 CE he was made legal adviser and secretary of Belisarius, commander against the Persians, and went with Belisarius again in 533 against the Vandals and in 535 against the Ostrogoths. Sometime after 540 he returned to Constantinople. He may have been that Procopius who was prefect of Constantinople in 562, but the date of his death (after 558) is unknown.

Procopius’s History of the Wars in 8 books (here collected in five volumes) recounts the Persian Wars of emperors Justinus and Justinian down to 5...read more

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Book: Procopius History of the wars Books 1 - 2

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