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Article: Procopius
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- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Procopius , d. 565?, Byzantine historian, b. Caesarea in Palestine. He accompanied
Belisarius
on his campaigns as his secretary, and later he commanded the imperial navy and served (562) as prefect of Constantinople. His education, high connections, and public offices give his histories great value as firsthand accounts. His chief works are generally known as
Procopius' History of His Own Time,
dealing mainly with the wars against the Goths, Vandals, and Persians, and as the
Secret History of Procopius,
which is largely a scandalous and often scurrilous court chronicle. His authorship of ...
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... ... S.B., 85, seventh abbot of St. Procopius Abbey in Lisle, died Monday, Oct ... and in 1929, he also entered St. Procopius Academy. After the completion of his ... prefect and history instructor at St. Procopius Academy. On May 23, 1942, he was ordained ...
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