![]() ![]() A complete translation of the work, with lighter annotation, is being published separately. The book will therefore be of use to specialists and the general reader alike. ![]() ![]() All sections of the work that are commented on are translated. ![]() The volume is equipped with an introduction, three appendices, and numerous maps and plans. Each major section is introduced by a section on the history of the events concerned and on the treatment of these events by Procopius and other sources. The work is among the most varied of the author, incorporating the history and geography not only of Mesopotamia and the Caucasus, but also of southern Arabia and Ethiopia, Iran and Central Asia, and Constantinople itself. This is the first extensive commentary on his Persian Wars since the nineteenth century. Procopius was the major historian of the reign of Justinian and one of the most important historians of Late Antiquity. Book VII (The Gothic War pt.3) (Vol 5-8 combined: Google Books. Description Product filter button Description Book I (The Persian War pt.1) Book II (The Persian War pt.2) Book III (The Vandalic War pt.1) Book IV (The Vandalic War pt.2) Book V (The Gothic War pt.1) Book VI (The Gothic War pt.2) (the rest of Book VI: IA. Here, in Books I and II of the eight-volume History of the Wars, Procopius recounts the Persian War between Justinian and the Persian Empire, a fascinating. ![]()
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