The Secret History.
PROCOPIUS. Translated by G. A. Williamson. Introduced by Philip Ziegler. Fourth printing. London, The Folio Society, 1995. XIX+(2)+152 p. With 2 maps and a genealogigal table + (12) p. with colour illustr. Orig. cloth, covers and spine with a mosaic design by Jonathan Hitehen in colour. In slipcase.
¶ The greek historian Procopis was born about A.D. 500 but the date of his death is unknow. His principal work is his 'History of the Wars of Justinian' in eight books. 'The Secret Story', the authenticity of which has often been doubted, but is now generally accepted as a work of Procopius. It covers the same period as book 1-7 of his 'History of the Wars' but in very different spirit. It is a virulent scurrilous, and often scabrous attack upon the whole policy Justinian, who is blamed for everything from barbarian invasions and finalcial insolvency to floods and earchquakes. The work rests mainly upon court scandal. It is written about 550, it cannot have been published so long as Justinian was alive. (Oxford Classical Dictionary).
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