A Companion to Procopius of Caesarea

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-49876-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 476 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 927 g

Reihe: Brill's Companions to the Byzantine World

This volume offers an extensive introduction to 6th-century Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea, widely regarded as one of the last great historians of Antiquity. Procopius’ monumental oeuvre is our main contemporary source for an array of highly significant historical developments during the reign of Justinian I (527-565), ranging from warfare with Persia in the East and the reconquest of large parts of the Western Empire from the Goths and Vandals to aspects of social and economic history.

Contributors are: Harmut Leppin, Brian Croke, Dariusz Brodka, Geoffrey Greatrex, Philip Rance, Rene Pfeilschifter, Michael Whitby, Bruno Bleckmann, Laura Mecella, Timo Stickler, Marek Jankowiak, Charles Pazdernik, Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Henning Börm, Anthony Kaldellis, Umberto Roberto, Olivier Gengler, and Élodie Turquois.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Meier, Mischa

Montinaro, Federico

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Federico Montinaro and Mischa Meier

part 1: Approaching Procopius

The Eastern Roman Empire and Its Neighbours in the “Age of Justinian” – An Overview

Hartmut Leppin

The Search for Harmony in Procopius’ Literary Works

Brian Croke

part 2: Reading Procopius

Procopius: Life and Works

Geoffrey Greatrex

Wars

Philip Rance

The Secret History

Rene Pfeilschifter

Procopius’ Buildings and Panegyric Effect

Michael Whitby

part 3: Procopius as a Historian

Historiography in Late Antiquity before Procopius

Bruno Bleckmann

Procopius’ Sources

Laura Mecella

Procopius as a Historiographer

Dariusz Brodka

Procopius and Christian Historical Thought

Timo Stickler

Procopius of Caesarea and His Byzantine Successors

Marek Jankowiak

part 4: Imperial Themes

War and Empire in Procopius’ Wars

Charles Pazdernik

Procopius and the Barbarians in the West

Hans-Ulrich Wiemer

Procopius and the East

Henning Börm

part 5: Procopius as a Writer

The Classicism of Procopius

Anthony Kaldellis

Procopius and His Protagonists

Umberto Roberto

A Narratological Reading of Procopius

Olivier Gengler and Élodie Turquois

General Bibliography

Index of People and Places

Über Autor(innen)

Mischa Meier holds a chair of Ancient History at the University of Tübingen (Germany). He has published widely in the field of late antiquity and the history of historiography, including Das andere Zeitalter Justinians (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004), Anastasios I. (Klett-Cotta, 2010), and Geschichte der Völkerwanderung (C.H. Beck, 2021).

Federico Montinaro is Research Group Leader in the Emmy-Noether Program at the University of Tübingen (Germany). He has published extensively on Procopius and, more generally, in the field of Byzantine history and historiography. He has co-edited Studies in Theophanes with Marek Jankowiak (CRHCB, 2015).