Procopius
c. 500 CE – 565 CE · aged 65
6th-century historian
- Born
- 500 CE · Caesarea Maritima
- Died
- 565 CE · Constantinople
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- c. 500 CEBornBorn in Caesarea Maritima
- 565 CEDiedDied in Constantinople
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Biography
Procopius of Caesarea (Ancient Greek: Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς Prokópios ho Kaisareús; Latin: Procopius Caesariensis; c. 500 – 565) was a prominent Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea in Palestine. Accompanying the Byzantine general Belisarius in Emperor Justinian's wars, Procopius became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the History of the Wars, On Buildings, and the Secret History.
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