Procopius biography for kids

Procopius of Caesarea (500 ? - 565 ?), in Palestine, was the leading secularhistorian of the 6th century AD. He was the author of a history in eight books of the wars fought by the emperor Justinian I, a panegyric on Justinian's public works[?] throughout the empire, and a book known as the Secret History that claims to report the scandals Procopius could not include in his published history.

Other than his own writings, the main source for Procopius' life is an entry in the Suda, a 10th centuryByzantineencyclopedia that tells nothing about his early life. We know, however, that he received an education in the Greek classics, attended law school, possibly at Berytus (modern Beirut), and became a rhetor (barrister).

In 527, the first year of Justinian's reign, he became the secretary and assessor (legal adviser) to Belisarius, Justinian's chief military commander who was then beginning a brilliant career.

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