Procopius And The Sixth Century
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Procopius And The Sixth Century
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Author : Averil Cameron
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-02-01
Procopius And The Sixth Century written by Averil Cameron and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02-01 with History categories.
Originally published by Duckworth and the University of California Press, Procopius is now available for the first time in paperback. Professor Cameron emphasises the essential unity of Procopius' three works and, starting from the `minor' ones, demonstrates their intimate connection with the Wars. Procopius' writings are seen to comprise a subtle whole; only if they are understood in this way can their historical value be properly appreciated. The result is a new evaluation of Procopius which will be central to any future history of the sixth century.
Procopius On Soldiers And Military Institutions In The Sixth Century Roman Empire
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Author : Conor Whately
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-06-22
Procopius On Soldiers And Military Institutions In The Sixth Century Roman Empire written by Conor Whately and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-22 with History categories.
In Procopius on Soldiers and Military Institutions in the Sixth-Century Roman Empire, Conor Whately examines Procopius’ coverage of rank-and-file soldiers in his three works, reveals the limitations, and highlights his value to our understanding of recruitment.
Procopius
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Author : Procopius
language : el
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Procopius written by Procopius and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Architecture, Byzantine categories.
History of the Wars by the Byzantine historian Procopius (late fifth century to after 558 CE) consists largely of sixth century CE military history, with much information about peoples, places, and special events. Powerful description complements careful narration. Procopius is just to the empire's enemies and boldly criticises emperor Justinian. 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 recounts the Persian Wars of emperors Justinus and Justinian down to 550 (2 books); the Vandalic War and after-events in Africa 532-546 (2 books); the Gothic War against the Ostrogoths in Sicily and Italy 536-552 (3 books); and a sketch of events to 554 (1 book). The whole consists largely of military history, with much information about peoples and places as well, and about special events. He was a diligent, careful, judicious narrator of facts and developments and shows good powers of description. He is just to the empire's enemies and boldly criticises emperor Justinian. Other works by Procopius are the Anecdota or Secret History--vehement attacks on Justinian, Theodora, and others; and The Buildings of Justinian (down to 558 CE) including roads and bridges as well as churches, forts, hospitals, and so on in various parts of the empire. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Procopius is in seven volumes.
Procopius Of Caesarea And Historical Memory In The Sixth Century
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
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This dissertation examines the sixth-century historian Procopius' engagement with the ancient, especially Roman, past in his eight-volume History of the Wars of Justinian. Procopius wrote in a classicizing style that originated with Herodotus and Thucydides a millennium earlier, and yet constructed a work that was both assiduously concerned with contemporary matters, and made an impassioned argument for the importance of the classical past. I examine the many ways in which Procopius engages with memory, applying theories of social memory to help us understand better Procopius' memory-related goals and techniques. This demonstrates not only what memory studies can add to our study of Procopius, but what the study of Late Antiquity can add to our understanding of the functioning of social memory. I use "historical memory" to indicate both the memory of the genre of historiography, and contemporary social memory preserved and transformed by a work of history. The study begins with an introductory Chapter 1, which covers historical and theoretical background, then analyzes Procopius' own introductory prologue. The collection and discussion of the many types of Procopius' references to and engagements with the ancient past follows, with Chapter 2 examining the intertextual references (including a study of Procopius' "rhetorical asides") and Chapter 3 examining the textual. Here, I look at his citations of specific past eras, persons, or events (historical and mythic), as well as comparisons of past and present and presentation of the effects of time: both loss and preservation. Among the themes that are revealed in this analysis is an overarching concern of Procopius' with the specifically Roman past, and in Chapter 4 I turn to examine Procopius' presentation of Rome, Romans, and Roman-ness in more detail. I chart his changing use of the identifier "Roman," as well as his use of other ethnic monikers, and the central position the city of Rome plays in the text's remembering. The concluding Chapter 5 re-considers key themes and passages in the light of the work of Aleida Assmann, Alan Megill, and Pierre Nora, among others, and situates Procopius in the context of the remembering of sixth-century Constantinople.
Procopius Of Caesarea Literary And Historical Interpretations
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Author : Christopher Lillington-Martin
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-07-06
Procopius Of Caesarea Literary And Historical Interpretations written by Christopher Lillington-Martin and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-06 with History categories.
This volume aims to encourage dialogue and collaboration between international scholars by presenting new literary and historical interpretations of the sixth-century writer Procopius of Caesarea, the major historian of Justinian’s reign. Although scholarship on Procopius has flourished since 2004, when the last monograph in English on Procopius was published, there has not been a collection of essays on the subject since 2000. Work on Procopius since 2004 has been surveyed by Geoffrey Greatrex in his international bibliography; Peter Sarris has revised the 1966 Penguin Classics translation of, and introduced, Procopius’ Secret History (2007); and Anthony Kaldellis has edited, translated and introduced Procopius’ Secret History, with related texts (2010), and revised and modernised H.B. Dewing’s Loeb translation of Procopius’ Wars as The Wars of Justinian in 2014. This volume capitalises on the renaissance in Procopius-related studies by showcasing recent work on Procopius in all its diversity and vibrancy. It offers approaches that shed new light on Procopius’ texts by comparing them with a variety of relevant textual sources. In particular, the volume pays close attention to the text and examines what it achieves as a literary work and what it says as an historical product.
The Secret History
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Author : Procopius
language : en
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Release Date : 2007-06-01
The Secret History written by Procopius and has been published by Cosimo, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-01 with History categories.
Procopius
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Author : Procopius (Caesariensis)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Procopius written by Procopius (Caesariensis) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
History of the Wars by the Byzantine historian Procopius (late fifth century to after 558 CE) consists largely of sixth century CE military history, with much information about peoples, places, and special events. Powerful description complements careful narration. Procopius is just to the empire's enemies and boldly criticises emperor Justinian.
The Sixth Century End Or Beginning
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Author : Pauline Allen
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1996-01-01
The Sixth Century End Or Beginning written by Pauline Allen and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with History categories.
Procopius
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Author : Procopius
language : el
Publisher:
Release Date : 1928
Procopius written by Procopius and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1928 with Architecture, Byzantine categories.
History of the Wars by the Byzantine historian Procopius (late fifth century to after 558 CE) consists largely of sixth century CE military history, with much information about peoples, places, and special events. Powerful description complements careful narration. Procopius is just to the empire's enemies and boldly criticises emperor Justinian. 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 recounts the Persian Wars of emperors Justinus and Justinian down to 550 (2 books); the Vandalic War and after-events in Africa 532-546 (2 books); the Gothic War against the Ostrogoths in Sicily and Italy 536-552 (3 books); and a sketch of events to 554 (1 book). The whole consists largely of military history, with much information about peoples and places as well, and about special events. He was a diligent, careful, judicious narrator of facts and developments and shows good powers of description. He is just to the empire's enemies and boldly criticises emperor Justinian. Other works by Procopius are the Anecdota or Secret History--vehement attacks on Justinian, Theodora, and others; and The Buildings of Justinian (down to 558 CE) including roads and bridges as well as churches, forts, hospitals, and so on in various parts of the empire. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Procopius is in seven volumes.
Procopius Of Caesarea
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Author : Anthony Kaldellis
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2012-01-21
Procopius Of Caesarea written by Anthony Kaldellis and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-21 with History categories.
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 sixth century and one of the great historians of antiquity and Byzantium. Breaking from the scholarly tradition that views classicism as an affected imitation that distorted history, Kaldellis argues that Procopius was a careful student of the classics who displayed remarkable literary skill in adapting his models to the purposes of his own narratives. Classicism was a matter of structure and meaning, not just vocabulary. Through allusions Procopius revealed truths that could not be spoken openly; through anecdotes he exposed the broad themes that governed the history of his age. Elucidating the political thought of Procopius in light of classical historiography and political theory, Kaldellis argues that he owed little to Christianity, finding instead that he rejected the belief in providence and asserted the supremacy of chance. By deliberately alluding to Plato's discussions of tyranny, Procopius developed an artful strategy of intertextuality that enabled him to comment on contemporary individuals and events. Kaldellis also uncovers links between Procopius and the philosophical dissidents of the reign of Justinian. This dimension of his writing implies that his work is worthy of esteem not only for the accuracy of its reporting but also for its cultural polemic, political dissidence, and philosophical sophistication. Procopius of Caesarea has wide implications for the way we should read ancient historians. Its conclusions also suggest that the world of Justinian was far from monolithically Christian. Major writers of that time believed that classical texts were still the best guides for understanding history, even in the rapidly changing world of late antiquity.