Procopius <br/><br/>
The secret history 

 - London  Penguin Books  2007 
 - xx, 140 pages ; 20 cm 
 - Penguin classics .
<br/><br/> Includes cartographical images.  Original language Ancient Greek. 
<br/><br/> 9780140455281  Includes bibliographical references and indexes.  A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different - and dangerous - history to be published only once its author was safely in his grave.   The secret history portrays the 'great lawgiver' Justinian as a rampant king of corruption and tyranny, the Empress Theodora as a sorceress and whore, and the brilliant general Belisarius as the pliable dupe of his scheming wife Antonina. The secret history depicts holy Byzantium as a hell of murder and misrule." 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0140455280 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Byzantine Empire--History--Justinian I, 527-565--Early works to 1800
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>949.5013