Procopius and the Sixth Century

Now in paperbacka magisterial assessment of the major historian of earlyByzantium by one of todays leading historians of late antiquity. Most of ourunderstandin... » 

Now in paperbacka magisterial assessment of the major historian of earlyByzantium by one of todays leading historians of late antiquity. Most of ourunderstanding of the age of Justinian is based on the works of Procopius ofCaesarea the most important Greek historian of late antiquity. Many modernhistories of the period virtually paraphrase his major work the Wars. Todayquestions of how we are to reconcile the Wars with Procopius two minorworksthe panegyrical Building and the sensational Secret History stilldominates current scholarship.Now in Procopius Averil Cameron a leading specialist in ancient andmedieval history offers a full new evaluation of Procopius which will becentral to any future study of the sixth century. «