X. How Justinian Created A New Law Permitting : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 109 X. HOW JUSTINIAN CREATED A NEW LAW PERMITTING HIM TO MARRY A COURTESAN ON HER PROMISE TO REPENT HER PAST; AND THE TRUTH ABOUT THE APPARENT QUARRELS OF A HAPPY PAIR NOW as long as the former Empress was alive, Justinian w...
I. How The Great General Belisarius Was Hoodwinked : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 27 I. HOW THE GREAT GENERAL BELISARIUS WAS HOODWINKED BY HIS WIFE, WHOSE LOVER BECAME A MONK THE father of Belisarius's wife, a lady whom I have mentioned in my former books, was (and so was her grandfather) a charioteer...
Viii. Character And Appearance Of Justinian : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 90 VIII. CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE OF JUSTINIAN NOW this went on not only in Constantinople, but in every city: for like any other disease, the evil, starting there, spread throughout the entire Roman Empire. But the Emper...
Xvi. What Happened To Those Who Fell Out : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 159 XVI. WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE WHO FELL OUT OF FAVOR WITH THEODORA HOW Theodora treated those who offended her will now be shown, though again I can give only a few instances, or obviously there would be no end...
Unjust Treatment Of The Soldiers, And How : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 223 XXIV. UNJUST TREATMENT OF THE SOLDIERS, AND HOW JUSTINIAN TRICKED THE "STUDENTS" OUT OF THEIR PAY BY THREATENING TO SEND THEM TO WAR I MUST not pass over his treatment of the soldiers, over whom he appointed paymasters...
Vii. Outrages Of The Blues : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 80 VII. OUTRAGES OF THE BLUES THE people had since long previous time been divided, as I have explained elsewhere, into two factions, the Blues and the Greens. Justinian, by joining the former party, which had already shown...
Iv. How Theodora, Revenging Her Dear Ant : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 53 IV. HOW THEODORA, REVENGING HER DEAR ANTONINA, HUMILIATED THE CONQUEROR OF AFRICA AND ITALY SOON after this, a further disaster befell him. The plague, which I have described elsewhere, became epidemic at Constantinople...
Xxii. Further Corruption In High Places : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 207 XXII. FURTHER CORRUPTION IN HIGH PLACES NOW when the Emperor and Theodora dismissed John of Cappadocia, they wished to appoint a successor to his office, and agreed to choose a still baser rogue; so they looked everywhere...
Xxvii. How The Defender Of The Faith Protected : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 250 XXVII. HOW THE DEFENDER OF THE FAITH PROTECTED THE INTERESTS OF THE CHRISTIANS The deeds of Justinian were such that all eternity would not be long enough in which to describe them adequately. So a few examples will have...
V. How Theodora Tricked The General's Daughter : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 63 V. HOW THEODORA TRICKED THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER INTO A LIAISON WITH THE EMPRESS'S NEPHEW, AND BELISARIUS BECAME A PUBLIC LAUGHING STOCK FROM his second expedition to Italy Belisarius brought back nothing but disgrace:...
Foreword : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 21 p. 22 p. 23 FOREWORD BY THE HISTORIAN IN what I have written on the Roman wars up to the present point, the story was arranged in chronological order and as completely as the times then permitted. What I shall write now...
Xxx. Further Innovations Of Justini : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 270 XXX. FURTHER INNOVATIONS OF JUSTINIAN AND THEODORA, AND A CONCLUSION WHICH IMAGINES THE DEATH OF AN EMPEROR How much he cared for the interests of the State may be seen by what he did to the public couriers and the spies...
Xxviii. His Violation Of The Laws : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 257 XXVIII. HIS VIOLATION OF THE LAWS OF THE ROMANS, AND HOW JEWS WERE FINED FOR EATING LAMB How he unhesitatingly abolished laws when money was in question will now be shown in a few words. There was one Priscus in the City...
Vi. Ignorance Of The Emperor Just : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 73 VI. IGNORANCE OF THE EMPEROR JUSTIN, AND HIS STENCILLED SIGNATURE, AND HOW HIS NEPHEW JUSTINIAN WAS THE VIRTUAL RULER I COME now to the tale of what sort of beings Justinian and Theodora were, and how they brought confusi...
Xxix. Other Incidents Revealing Him : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 262 XXIX. OTHER INCIDENTS REVEALING HIM AS A LIAR AND A HYPOCRITE I will now show what a liar and hypocrite he was. This Liberius, whom I recently mentioned, he removed from office and in his stead appointed John, an Egypti...
Introduction : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 1 INTRODUCTION LIKE most notables of the Roman Empire in Byzantine times, the historian Procopius was not a Latin. He was born in Caesarea in Palestine about 500 A. D., and apparently was one of those Samaritans whom he...
Xv. How An Roman Citizens Became Slaves : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 151 XV. HOW AN ROMAN CITIZENS BECAME SLAVES, AND A COMPLAINING PATRICIAN WAS RIBALDLY MOCKED BY THEODORA'S EUNUCHS THEODORA too unceasingly hardened her heart in the practice of inhumanity. What she did, was never to please...
Ix. And How Theodora, Most Depraved Of All : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 98 IX. AND HOW THEODORA, MOST DEPRAVED OF ALL COURTESANS, WON HIS LOVE HE took a wife: and in what manner she was born and bred, and, wedded to this man, tore up the Roman Empire by the very roots, I shall now relate. Acacius...
Xi. How The Defender Of The Faith Ruined : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 117 XI. HOW THE DEFENDER OF THE FAITH RUINED HIS SUBJECTS AS soon as Justinian came into power he turned everything upside down. Whatever had before been forbidden by law he now introduced into the government, while he revoked...
Xiv. Justice For Sale : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 145 XIV. JUSTICE FOR SALE EVERYTHING was done the wrong way, and of the old customs none remained; a few instances will illustrate, and the rest must be silence, that this book may have an end. In the first place, Justini...
Xxvi. How He Spoiled The Beauty Of The Cities : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 239 XXVI. HOW HE SPOILED THE BEAUTY OF THE CITIES AND PLUNDERED THE POOR How he ruined the beauty and appearance of Constantinople and every other city, we shall now see. First he determined to debase the standing...
Xii. Proving That Justinian And Theod : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 127 XII. PROVING THAT JUSTINIAN AND THEODORA WERE ACTUALLY FIENDS IN HUMAN FORM NOW the wealth of those in Constantinople and each other city who were considered second in prosperity only to members of the Senate, was brutally...
Xx. Debasing Of The Quaestorship : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 193 XX. DEBASING OF THE QUAESTORSHIP HE also had contrived other ways of plundering his subjects (which I will now describe as well as I can) by which he robbed them, not all at once, but little by little of their entire...
Iii. Showing The Danger Of Interfering With : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 45 III. SHOWING THE DANGER OF INTERFERING WITH A WOMAN'S INTRIGUES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WOMAN IS THE FRIEND OF AN EMPRESS ON his return to Roman territory, Belisarius found his wife just arriving from Constantinople. He put...
Xxi. The Sky Tax, The Selling Of All Offices : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 200 XXI. THE SKY TAX, THE SELLING OF ALL OFFICES, AND HOW BORDER ARMIES WERE FORBIDDEN TO PUNISH INVADING BARBARIANS THE Prefect in charge of the praetors each year handed over to the Emperor more than thirty centenaries...
Glossary : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 278 p. 279 GLOSSARY p. 280 p. 281 GLOSSARY PAGE 26 BELISARIUS, "according to one learned guess, is a Latin transliteration of the Slavonic "Beli-Tsar," or "White Prince." Procopius elsewhere says Belisarius came from Germani...
Xix. How He Seized All The Wealth : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 188 XIX. HOW HE SEIZED ALL THE WEALTH OF THE ROMANS AND THREW IT AWAY IN THE SEA AND ON THE BARBARIANS HOW he seized all wealth I will next discuss: recalling first a vision which, at the beginning of Justinian's rule, w...
Xvii. How She Saved Five Hundred Harlots : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 167 XVII. HOW SHE SAVED FIVE HUNDRED HARLOTS FROM A LIFE OF SIN, MADE AWAY WITH HER OWN NATURAL SON, AND OTHER CURIOUS INCIDENTS OF HER PASSION FOR MATCH MAKING I HAVE told earlier in this narrative what she did to Belisarius...
Xxv. How He Robbed His Own Officials, Merchants : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 231 XXV. HOW HE ROBBED HIS OWN OFFICIALS, MERCHANTS, SAILORS, WORKMEN, AND EVERYBODY ELSE I will next describe another way in which he robbed his subjects. Those who serve the Emperor and the magistrates in Constantinople...
Ii. How Belated Jealousy Affected Belisarius's : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 35 II. HOW BELATED JEALOUSY AFFECTED BELISARIUS'S MILITARY JUDGMENT, TO THE JOY OF THE ENEMY FOR soon Belisarius went off to war on Chosroes, and he took Photius with him; but Antonina remained behind, though this was contrary...
Title Page : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], SECRET HISTORY OF PROCOPIUS NEWLY TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD ATWATER NEW YORK COVICI-FRIEDE, PUBLISHERS [1927] Front Cover and Spine Frontispiece Title Page Verso Page 27 Scanned , June 2007...
Xxiii. How Landowners Were Ruined : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 216 XXIII. HOW LANDOWNERS WERE RUINED I WILL now tell how he ruined the landowners everywhere; although it were a sufficient indication of their sufferings to refer to what I have just written about the officials who were sent...
Xviii. How Justinian Killed A Trillion People : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 178 XVIII. HOW JUSTINIAN KILLED A TRILLION PEOPLE THAT Justinian was not a man, but a demon, as I have said, in human form, one might prove by considering the enormity of the evils he brought upon mankind. ...
Xiii. Deceptive Affability And Piety Of A Tyrant : * "The Secret History of Procopius", tr. by Richard Atwater, [1927], p. 137 XIII. DECEPTIVE AFFABILITY AND PIETY OF A TYRANT JUSTINIAN, while otherwise of such character as I have shown, did make himself easy of access and affable to his visitors; nobody of all those who sought audience with him...
