The Secret History of the Court of Justinian

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Secret History of the Court of Justinian by ProcopiusThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Secret History of the Court of JustinianAuthor: ProcopiusRelease Date: July 16, 2004 [EBook #12916]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COURT OF JUSTINIAN ***Produced by Ted Garvin, Project Manager; Keith M. Eckrich, Post-Processor; the PG Online Distributed ProofreadersTeam[Transcriber's Note: Macrons (straight line above a vowel) are indicated in this text by surrounding square brackets andan = sign. For example, [=e] indicates an e-macron]THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE COURT OF JUSTINIANPROCOPIUS_LITERALLY AND COMPLETELY TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK FOR THE FIRST TIMEATHENS: PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY: MDCCCXCVI_PREFACEProcopius, the most important of the Byzantine historians, was born at Caesarea in Palestine towards the beginning ofthe sixth century of the Christian era. After having for some time practised as a "Rhetorician," that is, advocate or jurist, inhis native land, he seems to have migrated early to Byzantium or Constantinople. There he gave lessons in elocution,and acted as counsel in several law-cases. His talents soon attracted attention, and he was promoted to ...