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Overview
Written with passion and personal malice, the Secret History of Procopius is a scathing indictment of the emperor Justinian and his sixth-century Byzantine court. Never has there been a more calculated attempt to ruin an entire reign in the eyes of posterity. Procopius writes of:
. . . How the Great General Belisarius was hoodwinked by his wife, whose lover became a monk.
. . . How Theodora, most depraved of all empresses, won Justinian's love.
. . . How she saved five hundred harlots from a life of sin, made off with her own natural son, and other curious incidents of her passion.
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- ISBN-13: 9780472087280
- ISBN-10: 0472087282
- Publisher: University of Michigan Press
- Publish Date: July 1960
- Dimensions: 8.02 x 5.36 x 0.47 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.44 pounds
- Page Count: 168
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