Procopius

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Byzantine historian late antique historian

Procopius was a 6th-century Byzantine historian best known for his detailed accounts of Emperor Justinian I’s reign, including the wars, buildings, and secret history of the empire.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Procopius of Caesarea	17
Procopius canonical	9

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine historian ⓘ late antique historian ⓘ
birthDate	circa 500 ⓘ
birthPlace	Caesarea Maritima ⓘ Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima ⓘ surface form: Palaestina Prima
citizenship	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
deathDate	circa 565 ⓘ
describedEvent	Iberian War of Justinian ⓘ surface form: Byzantine–Sasanian War of 527–532 Byzantine–Ostrogothic conflicts ⓘ surface form: Gothic War (535–554) Nika riots ⓘ Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ surface form: Vandalic War (533–534) construction of Hagia Sophia under Justinian I ⓘ
educatedAt	school of rhetoric in Caesarea (probable) ⓘ
employer	imperial court of Constantinople ⓘ surface form: Byzantine imperial court
genre	historiography ⓘ military history ⓘ panegyric ⓘ political history ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasPart	eight books of Wars ⓘ six books on wars against Persians, Vandals, and Goths ⓘ two books on later Gothic War campaigns ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Byzantine period ⓘ surface form: Justinianic era
influenced	later Byzantine historians ⓘ medieval historians of the Crusades ⓘ modern scholarship on Justinian I ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainSubject	Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Byzantine–Sasanian wars Gothic War ⓘ Justinianic building program ⓘ Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ surface form: Vandalic War imperial court of Constantinople ⓘ surface form: court of Justinian I Justinianic reforms ⓘ surface form: reign of Justinian I
modeOfExpression	public panegyric in Buildings ⓘ secret invective in Secret History ⓘ
notableWork	Anecdota ⓘ Buildings ⓘ History of the Wars ⓘ On the Buildings ⓘ Secret History ⓘ Wars ⓘ
occupation	advocate ⓘ historian ⓘ rhetor ⓘ
positionHeld	assessor to Belisarius ⓘ legal adviser to Belisarius ⓘ secretary to Belisarius ⓘ
workLocation	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
workPeriod	6th century ⓘ
writingStyle	classicizing Greek prose ⓘ
wroteAbout	Antonina ⓘ Belisarius ⓘ Gothic kings of Italy ⓘ Justinian I ⓘ Khosrow I ⓘ Narses ⓘ Theodora ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alans → mentionedBy → Procopius ⓘ

Fall of the Western Roman Empire → hasPrimarySourceAuthor → Procopius ⓘ

Roman–Persian Wars → describedBySource → Procopius ⓘ

Anthemius → father → Procopius ⓘ

Justinianic Plague → documentedBy → Procopius ⓘ

Lazica → mentionedBy → Procopius ⓘ