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The Secret History of Emperor Justinian

Nov 22, 2022

30:28

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Procopius's Pen Was Mightier Than the Sword

01:02

The Byzantine Empire

02:14

Procopius - The Emperor's Secret History

01:25

Introduction

2min

The Code of Justinian

4min

Procopius's Pen Was Mightier Than the Sword

1min

The Byzantine Empire

2min

Justinian and Theodora

3min

History of the Wars by Procopius

3min

Procopius's Secret History

3min

Procopius's Theodora

2min

The Secret History of Justinian and Theodora

4min

10.

Procopius - The Emperor's Secret History

1min

11.

The Secret History - The Story of the Secret History

2min

12.

The Narrator of Moby Dick, by Herman Melville

3min

Procopius is considered the preeminent historian of the Byzantine age, writer of works that extolled the virtue and power of Emperor Justinian. But in the 17th century, a work discovered in the Vatican library revealed that Procopius also wrote another book—a secret book, that threatened to undo all of the good will he once built for the Emperor he served.

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