Procopius's Pen Was Mightier Than the Sword

The revelation of Procopius's authorship raised a number of questions, many of which historians are still grappling with today. How could one man write from two such different perspectives? Why had he written such a vulgar work filled with graphic details so risque that the librarian had removed them from his translation? We may never have definitive answers to these questions, but we can know one thing for sure. In Procopius’s case, the pen was indeed mightier than the sword.