Ἀπόκρυφη Ἱστορία

aka Historia Arcana; Anecdota

Secret History

Author

Procopius

Language

Byzantine Greek

Year

c. 550

Country

Byzantine Empire

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

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Procopius of Caesarea was a prominent Byzantine Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Byzantine general Belisarius in Emperor Justinian's wars, Procopius became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the History of the Wars, On Buildings, and the Secret History.