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Procopius: History of the Wars, Vol. 5, Books 7.36-8: Gothic War (Loeb Classical Library, No. 217) (Volume V) (English and Greek Edition) Hardcover – January 1, 1928

Greek Edition by Procopius (Author), H. B. Dewing (Translator)
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Late antique military operations.

Procopius, born at Caesarea in Palestine late in the fifth century, became a lawyer. In AD 527 he was made legal adviser and secretary of Belisarius, commander against the Persians, and went with Belisarius again in 533 against the Vandals and in 535 against the Ostrogoths. Sometime after 540 he returned to Constantinople. He may have been that Procopius who was prefect of Constantinople in 562, but the date of his death (after 558) is unknown.

Procopius’ History of the Wars in 8 books recounts the Persian Wars of emperors Justinus and Justinian down to 550 (2 books); the Vandalic War and after-events in Africa 532–546 (2 books); the Gothic War against the Ostrogoths in Sicily and Italy 536–552 (3 books); and a sketch of events to 554 (1 book). The whole consists largely of military history, with much information about peoples and places as well, and about special events. He was a diligent, careful, judicious narrator of facts and developments and shows good powers of description. He is just to the empire’s enemies and boldly criticizes emperor Justinian. Other works by Procopius are the Anecdota or Secret History―vehement attacks on Justinian, Theodora, and others; and the Buildings of Justinian (down to AD 558) including roads and bridges as well as churches, forts, hospitals, and so on in various parts of the empire.

The Loeb Classical Library edition of Procopius is in seven volumes.

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Henry Bronson Dewing (1882–1956) was Professor of Greek at Bowdoin College and President of Athens College.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvard University Press; Reprint edition (January 1, 1928)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English, Greek
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0674992393
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0674992399
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 1 x 6.37 inches
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Yongbing1
5.0 out of 5 stars Makes for Pleasurable Reading and Research
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It is great to see that Procopius is still being made available to all. This version provides the reader with both the Greek and its English translation. Thus, if you read Greek you have Procopius' own words. If you don't read Greek, you have a completely faithful translation. Procopius was secretary to General Belisarius, chronicling the generals battles and other actions of his life. You are getting history first hand when you read or study Procopius. You are not getting some historian's interpretation of events long past.
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Arch Stanton
5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Classical Historian
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2011
Since there are so many of these darn things the review shall be divided into three sections. First, a brief description of the Loeb series of books and their advantages/disadvantages. Second shall be my thoughts on the author himself, his accuracy, as well as his style and the style of his translator. This is of course only my opinion and should be treated as such. The final part shall review what this particular book actually covers.

The Loeb series date back to the turn of the last century. They are designed for people with at least some knowledge of Greek or Latin. They are a sort of compromise between a straight English translation and an annotated copy of the original text. On the left page is printed the text in Greek or Latin depending on the language of the writer and on the right side is the text in English. For somebody who knows even a little Greek or Latin these texts are invaluable. You can try to read the text in the original language knowing that you can correct yourself by looking on the next page or you can read the text in translation and check the translation with the original for more detail. While some of the translations are excellent mostly they are merely serviceable since they are designed more as an aid to translation rather than a translation in themselves. Most of them follow the Greek or Latin very closely. These books are also very small, maybe just over a quarter the size of your average hardcover book. This means that you'll need to buy more than just one book to read a complete work. They are also somewhat pricey considering their size. The Loeb Collection is very large but most of the more famous works can be found in better (and cheaper) translations elsewhere. If you want to read a rarer book or read one in the original language then you can't do better than the Loeb Editions.

There are 7 volumes of Procopius in the Loeb series which include all his known works. Procopius was the last great Classical historian and a personal favorite of mine. His works were written in the middle of the 6th Century during the reign of Justinian when the Empire was once again on the rise. His books are about the wars to reconquer the Western Empire which had fallen in 476. As an author Procopius is highly readable. His works cover a very interesting period and do so with great skill. He is from the Sallustan school of history writing and divides his work into sections based on similar topics instead of following a strictly chronological approach. This makes his books both easier to follow and more entertaining for the reader. While his books are technically focused on the wars they cover much more than that including politics and economic matters. Procopius is also the author of two other very different books. One a very boring panegyric on the building works of Justinian and the other called the 'Anecdota' or 'Secret History' which is basically a collection of every possible slander he could make against Justinian, his wife Theodora, and just about everybody else he'd ever met. As you might gather from those two different books Procopius suffers on accuracy issues. While he doesn't seem to have told direct lies (except in his secret history) his lies of omission are likely to be serious. Unfortunately he is our main source for that era which makes it hard to check him against other sources. Still, even if he fudges facts a little to obscure some points he is unlikely to have completely changed the events described. The translation is quite good.

This volume contains the end of the books detailing the war to reclaim Italy. I don't know why they split the books into bits.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Warning: Byzantine
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2011
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Procopius' Wars may be read on its own, as indeed it was until the manuscript of the Secret History by the same author was unearthed from some Vatican archive in the seventeenth century, but this risks missing the author's message (and it is definitely not advised if you are student).

On the surface, the Wars are the typical classicising historical account, with a heavy emphasis on military events, set-piece speeches, and allegorical anecdotes, overlaid with a veneer of Christianity. Wars I & II deal with the Persian frontier, III & IV with the Vandal wars in north Africa, V-VII with the reconquest of Italy, and VIII is a concluding book dealing with all these different fronts. The timeframe is 527-553, meaning that all these wars, especially the Persian, hadn't quite come to an end by the time this finishes. But Wars is also about Justinian's reign (527-565), and describes events such as the Nika insurrection of 532, in Constantinople, a key political marker. On this, however, it is not possible to read the Wars on its own, without check the Secret History and perhaps even the Buildings. Procopius himself states, and modern historians agree, that the Secret History discloses what he was not able to write, due to the dangers of imperial censorship, in the Wars. Though the Secret History is a controversial and problematic work in its own right, it demands to be read alongside the Wars (it is also short and entertaining). For readers on Procopius, the most important books are probably Averil Cameron's Procopius and the Sixth Century, and Anthony Kaldellis's Procopius of Caesarea.
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