History of the Wars by Procopius

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History of the Wars by Procopius is a 6th-century Byzantine historical work that chronicles Emperor Justinian I’s military campaigns, including the Vandalic War, Gothic War, and Persian conflicts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine historiography ⓘ
historical work ⓘ
military history ⓘ
associatedWith Belisarius ⓘ
Byzantine–Sasanian Wars ⓘ
Justinian I ⓘ
author Procopius ⓘ
chronicles military campaigns of Justinian I ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire ⓘ
coversConflict Gothic War ⓘ
Persian–Byzantine conflicts ⓘ
Vandalic War ⓘ
coversRegion Eastern Roman–Persian frontier ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
culturalContext Byzantine Greek literature ⓘ
dateWritten 6th century ⓘ
describes campaigns of general Belisarius ⓘ
reconquest of former Western Roman territories ⓘ
relations between Byzantines and Goths ⓘ
relations between Byzantines and Persians ⓘ
relations between Byzantines and Vandals ⓘ
genre history ⓘ
military history ⓘ
hasPerspective imperial Byzantine viewpoint ⓘ
hasType narrative history ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
historicalPerspective Byzantine ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine period
influenced later Byzantine historians ⓘ
languageFamily Hellenic languages ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
mainSubject reign of Justinian I ⓘ
wars of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
notableFor detailed eyewitness-style accounts of campaigns ⓘ
information on late antique warfare ⓘ
primary source for Justinianic wars ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
originalTitle Περὶ τῶν πολέμων ⓘ
partOf corpus of Procopius ⓘ
relatedWork Buildings (by Procopius) ⓘ
Secret History ⓘ
setting Late Antiquity ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 6th century ⓘ
reign of Justinian I ⓘ
linked to: Justinianic reforms
usedAsSourceBy modern historians of Late Antiquity ⓘ
workOf Procopius of Caesarea ⓘ
linked to: Procopius

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Vandalic War in North Africa → relatedWork → History of the Wars by Procopius ⓘ
Christianization of Kievan Rus' → describedIn → Byzantine chronicles ⓘ
linked to: History of the Wars by Procopius
Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402) → describedIn → Byzantine chronicles ⓘ
linked to: History of the Wars by Procopius
Asparuh of Bulgaria → sourceMention → Byzantine chronicles ⓘ
linked to: History of the Wars by Procopius
Old Great Bulgaria → sourceMention → Byzantine chronicles ⓘ
linked to: History of the Wars by Procopius
Theodora → portrayedInWork → Procopius’s "Wars" ⓘ
linked to: History of the Wars by Procopius
Belisarius → portrayedIn → Procopius' "Wars" ⓘ
linked to: History of the Wars by Procopius
Heruli → mentionedIn → writings of Procopius ⓘ
linked to: History of the Wars by Procopius
Battle of Dara (530) → describedInWork → Procopius, Wars ⓘ
linked to: History of the Wars by Procopius
Siege of Rome (537–538) → relatedWork → Procopius’ Wars (History of the Wars) ⓘ
linked to: History of the Wars by Procopius
Colchidian War → describedIn → Procopius' Wars ⓘ
linked to: History of the Wars by Procopius
Sittas → source → Procopius of Caesarea’s histories ⓘ
linked to: History of the Wars by Procopius
Battle of Dara → describedIn → Wars of Justinian by Procopius ⓘ
linked to: History of the Wars by Procopius
Vandalic War (expedition of 468) → describedIn → works of Procopius ⓘ
linked to: History of the Wars by Procopius