Procopius of Caesarea : the Persian Wars : a historical commentary
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Procopius of Caesarea : the Persian Wars : a historical commentary
Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Bibliography: p. 687-772
Includes indexes
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Description
Procopius was the major historian of the reign of Justinian and one of the most important historians of Late Antiquity. This is the first extensive commentary on his Persian Wars since the nineteenth century. The work is among the most varied of the author, incorporating the history and geography not only of Mesopotamia and the Caucasus, but also of southern Arabia and Ethiopia, Iran and Central Asia, and Constantinople itself. Each major section is introduced by a section on the history of the events concerned and on the treatment of these events by Procopius and other sources. The volume is equipped with an introduction, three appendices, and numerous maps and plans. All sections of the work that are commented on are translated. The book will therefore be of use to specialists and the general reader alike. A complete translation of the work, with lighter annotation, is being published separately.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Tables of names
- Commentary on Book I
- Commentary on Book II
- Appendix 1: The Perso-Arabic Tradition
- Appendix 2: Procopius' Stade
- Appendix 3: Nonnosus and Roman missions to southern Arabia and Ethiopia
- Bibliography
- Indices.
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