How did Procopius describe Justinian and Theodora in his official Histories and the Secret History? Achievements and Failures of Justinian I according to Procopius
In writing the essay, make sure that you use clear prose and
correct grammar and syntax. You are free in choosing any aspect
and/or sources of the topics
suggested
below.
a. Primary Sources:
i. Procopius, Opera Omnia, with an English translation by
H. B. Dewing [Loeb
Classical Library], 6 vols. (London, W. Heinemann; New York, The
Macmillan co., 1914-)
ii. Idem, The secret history: with related texts, edited
and translated, with an
introduction, by Anthony Kaldellis (Indianapolis : Hackett Pub.
Co., 2010)
b. Secondary sources:
i. Kaldellis, Anthony. Procopius of Caesarea : tyranny,
history, and philosophy
at the end of antiquity (Philadelphia, PA : University
of Pennsylvania Press,
c2004)
ii. Cameron, Alan, Circus factions : Blues and Greens at Rome
and Byzantium
(Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976)
iii. Evans, J. A. S. The Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine
Empire (Westport,
Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005)
iv. Louth, Andrew. “Justinian and his legacy (500–600)”, in The
Cambridge
History of the Byzantine Empire, c. 500-1492, ed.
J. Shepard (Cambridge,
2008)