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The Secret History

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User Review  - Nick - Goodreads

This was one of the primary sources for my thesis and I am a wee bit biased. Results may vary! You probably won't give it 5 stars, but it is a surprisingly sultry book full of juicy, controversial ... Read full review

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User Review  - Sergio - Goodreads

As an historical account, Procopius' 'Secret History' is unreliable, hyperbolic, and biased. As a Late Antiquity version of the trashy tell-all paperback, it's crazy fun. Procopius pretty much ... Read full review

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Contents

Introduction
vii
A Note on the Translation and the Spelling of Names
lx
Acknowledgements
lxii
Timeline
lxiii
Glossary of Offices and Administrative Terms
lxv
Geneology of the Family of Justinian
lxvi
Geneology of the Family of Theodora
lxvii
Maps
lxviii
A Guide to the Main Sources
lxxii
A Guide to Scholarship in English
lxxvii
The Secret History
1
Related Texts
133
Index
183
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