Procopius

Reece Period attributed: Period 19

Member of the House of Valentinian dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 360 until 365.

Procopius was a general under Julian II and led the Persian expeditions. He also brought Julian’s body to Tarsus, and in September of 365 was proclaimed emperor while Valens was going to Syria. Valens’ forces soon defeated Procopius and put him to death.

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• Dbpedia: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Procopius
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procopius

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• Preferred label: Procopius
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  • Procopius of Caesarea
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• Definition: Procopius of Caesarea (Greek: Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς Prokópios ho Kaisareús; Latin: Procopius Caesariensis; c. 500 – after 565) was a prominent late antique Greek scholar from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Byzantine general Belisarius in Emperor Justinian's wars, Procopius became the principal Byzantine historian of the 6th century, writing the History of the Wars, the Buildings, and the Secret History. He is commonly classified as the last major historian of the ancient Western world.
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  • 6th-century Byzantine people
  • Secret histories
  • 6th-century historians
  • Vandalic War
  • Sources on Germanic paganism
  • 500 births
  • People of the Roman–Sasanian Wars
  • 6th-century Byzantine writers
  • 565 deaths
  • Historians of Justinian I
  • Byzantine historians