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| #363819 in Books | Hackett Publishing Co. | 2010-03-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.75 x5.50 x.50l,.73 | File type: PDF | 276 pages | ||11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.| A brilliantly written, thoroughly entertaining polemic against an autocrat - and a great commentary around it|By Malleus Maleficarum|The Secret history should be considered gold standard of insider exposes - and it happened to be written nearly 1500 years ago. Combining wit, insight, gossip, mudslinging, invective and polemic, Procopius, one of the scribes under the legendary||
|By far the most accurate translation now available, with useful supporting documents for teaching, and a comprehensive and enlightening introduction that even experienced Byzantinists will want to read. --Michael Kulikowski, University of Tennessee
By exposing the perversion, repression, corruption, and injustice at the heart of Justinian's regime, Prokopios' The Secret History destroyed forever that emperor's reputation as the great and benevolent ruler of a vast Byzantine state.
Faithfully rendered here in blunt and idiomatic English, Prokopios' tell-all is as shocking today as it was in the sixth century. Kaldellis' substantial Introduction addresses, among other topics, the historical backg...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Secret History: with Related Texts (Hackett Classics) | Prokopios. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
