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Procopius of Caesarea: Tyranny, History, and Philosophy at the End of Antiquity

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Availability:In StockContributor:Anthony KaldellisPublish date:2004-03-25Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812237870ISBN-10:812237870UPC:9780812237870Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Historiography, AncientBook Topic:RomeSize:9.20 x 6.44 x 1.16 inchesWeight:1.3404Product ID:SCRNE3KH79

Procopius of Caesarea: Tyranny, History, and Philosophy at the End of Antiquity

Justinian governed the Roman empire for more than thirty-eight years, and the events of his reign were recorded by Procopius of Caesarea, secretary of the general Belisarius. Yet, significantly, Procopius composed a history, a panegyric, as well as a satire of his own times. Anthony Kaldellis here offers a new interpretation of these writings of Procopius, situating him as a major source for the...

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812237870ISBN-10:812237870UPC:9780812237870Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Historiography, AncientBook Topic:RomeSize:9.20 x 6.44 x 1.16 inchesWeight:1.3404Product ID:SCRNE3KH79
Anthony Kaldellis teaches Greek and Latin at The Ohio State University. He has translated Genesios's On the Reigns of the Emperors and has written books on Psellos's Chronographia and (in Greek) on the Roman and Byzantine history of Lesbos.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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