History of the Wars by Procopius

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Byzantine historiography historical work military history

History of the Wars by Procopius is a 6th-century Byzantine historical work that chronicles Emperor Justinian I’s military campaigns, including the Vandalic War, Gothic War, and Persian conflicts.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Byzantine chronicles	4
History of the Wars by Procopius canonical	1
Procopius' "Wars"	1
Procopius, Wars	1
Procopius’ Wars (History of the Wars)	1
Procopius’s "Wars"	1
writings of Procopius	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine historiography ⓘ historical work ⓘ military history ⓘ
associatedWith	Belisarius ⓘ Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Byzantine–Sasanian Wars Justinian I ⓘ
author	Procopius ⓘ
chronicles	military campaigns of Justinian I ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
coversConflict	Gothic War ⓘ Persian–Byzantine conflicts ⓘ Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ surface form: Vandalic War
coversRegion	Roman–Sasanian frontier zone ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman–Persian frontier Italy ⓘ North Africa ⓘ
culturalContext	Byzantine Greek literature ⓘ
dateWritten	6th century ⓘ
describes	campaigns of general Belisarius ⓘ reconquest of former Western Roman territories ⓘ relations between Byzantines and Goths ⓘ relations between Byzantines and Persians ⓘ relations between Byzantines and Vandals ⓘ
genre	history ⓘ military history ⓘ
hasPerspective	imperial Byzantine viewpoint ⓘ
hasType	narrative history ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ
historicalPerspective	Byzantine period ⓘ surface form: Byzantine
influenced	later Byzantine historians ⓘ
languageFamily	Hellenic languages ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
mainSubject	reign of Justinian I ⓘ wars of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
notableFor	detailed eyewitness-style accounts of campaigns ⓘ information on late antique warfare ⓘ primary source for Justinianic wars ⓘ
originalLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
originalTitle	Περὶ τῶν πολέμων ⓘ
partOf	corpus of Procopius ⓘ
relatedWork	Buildings (by Procopius) ⓘ Secret History ⓘ
setting	Late Antiquity ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	6th century ⓘ Justinianic reforms ⓘ surface form: reign of Justinian I
usedAsSourceBy	modern historians of Late Antiquity ⓘ
workOf	Procopius ⓘ surface form: Procopius of Caesarea

Referenced by (10)

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

Vandalic War in North Africa → relatedWork → History of the Wars by Procopius ⓘ

Christianization of Kievan Rus' → describedIn → History of the Wars by Procopius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine chronicles

Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402) → describedIn → History of the Wars by Procopius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine chronicles

Asparuh of Bulgaria → sourceMention → History of the Wars by Procopius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine chronicles

Old Great Bulgaria → sourceMention → History of the Wars by Procopius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine chronicles

Theodora → portrayedInWork → History of the Wars by Procopius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Procopius’s "Wars"

Belisarius → portrayedIn → History of the Wars by Procopius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Procopius' "Wars"

Heruli → mentionedIn → History of the Wars by Procopius ⓘ

this entity surface form: writings of Procopius

Battle of Dara (530) → describedInWork → History of the Wars by Procopius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Procopius, Wars

Siege of Rome (537–538) → relatedWork → History of the Wars by Procopius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Procopius’ Wars (History of the Wars)