The secret history
Subtitle: with related texts
By: Prokopios ; edited and translated, with an introduction, by   Anthony Kaldellis.
Contributors: Kaldellis, Anthony.
Publisher: Hackett Pub. Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781603841801; 9781603841818
Subjects: Byzantine Empire -- History -- Justinian I, 527-565 -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Work titles: Secret history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Roman empire in the sixth century; title: The historical background of The secret history : an overview of 518-551; title: The works of Prokopios; title: The structure and themes of The secret history; title: The style and images of The secret history; title: Prokopios and Justinian : a conflict of ideologies; title: The reliability of The secret history and the case of Theodora; title: The contemporary context of The secret history; title: A note on the translation and on the spelling of names; title: Timeline; title: Genealogy of the family of Justinian; title: Genealogy of the family of Theodora; title: Map of the eastern Mediterranean; title: Map of the Sea of Marmara; title: Map of Constantinople; title: Glossary of offices and administrative terms; title: A guide to the main sources; title: A guide to scholarship in English; title: The secret history; title: Related texts: A law for the marriage of Justinian and Theodora (Justin in Codex Iustinianus 5.4.23); The Nika riots (Wars 1.24); Theodora helps Monophysite saints (Yuhannan of Amida [John of Ephesos], Lives of the saints); The Monastery of Repentance : a different view by Prokopios (Buildings 1.9.1-10);  An attempt to curb corruption in the provinces (Justinian, Novella 8, preface); A contemporary philosopher's view of Justinian's tyranny (Simplikios, Commentary on Epiktetos 14.19-32); The downfall of Ioannes the Kappadokian (Wars 1.25 and 2.30.49-54); The Justinianic plague (Wars 2.22-23); Porphyrios the whale and other natural disasters (Wars 7.29.4-20);  A plot to kill Justinian (Wars 7.31-32); Silk worms are smuggled into the Roman empire (Wars 8.17.1-8).