The Secret History of the Court of Justinian - Couverture souple

Procopius

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1406812242 ISBN 13 : 9781406812244

Editeur : Echo Library, 2006

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Procopius, the most important of the Byzantine historians, was born at Caesarea in Palestine towards the beginning of the sixth century of the Christian era. After having for some time practised as a "Rhetorician," that is, advocate or jurist, in his native land, he seems to have migrated early to Byzantium or Constantinople. There he gave lessons in elocution, and acted as counsel in several law-cases. His talents soon attracted attention, and he was promoted to official duties in the service of the State. He was commissioned to accompany the famous Belisarius during his command of the army in the East, in the capacity of Counsellor or Assessor: it is not easy to define exactly the meaning of the Greek term, and the functions it embraced.

Biographie de l'auteur

Procopius of Caesarea (c. AD 500 – c. AD 565) was a prominent Byzantine scholar from Palaestina Prima. Accompanying the general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated Secret History. He is commonly held to be the last major historian of the ancient world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Echo Library
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1406812242
• ISBN 13: 9781406812244
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 100
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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