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The Role Of Procopius In Secret History
In Secret history Procopius wrote about Justinian and the way he rule thing around the empire and also wrote about his wife Theodora. Even when spending amount of time writing this scandal book Procopius had no intention of ever publishing this book, Procopius mentions the bad thing Justinian did when he was in rule. Even when Justinian consider the greatest of Byzantine emperors, Procopius looked down on him in negative way especially his wife Theodora, Why is Procopius not very fond of Theodora?
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