Procopius of Caesarea

The Persian Wars
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-107-05322-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 800 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1408 g

Procopius was the major historian of the reign of Justinian and one of the most important historians of Late Antiquity. This is the first extensive commentary on his Persian Wars since the nineteenth century. The work is among the most varied of the author, incorporating the history and geography not only of Mesopotamia and the Caucasus, but also of southern Arabia and Ethiopia, Iran and Central Asia, and Constantinople itself. Each major section is introduced by a section on the history of the events concerned and on the treatment of these events by Procopius and other sources. The volume is equipped with an introduction, three appendices, and numerous maps and plans. All sections of the work that are commented on are translated. The book will therefore be of use to specialists and the general reader alike. A complete translation of the work, with lighter annotation, is being published separately.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Greatrex, Geoffrey

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Tables of names; Commentary on Book I; Commentary on Book II; Appendix 1: The Perso-Arabic Tradition; Appendix 2: Procopius' Stade; Appendix 3: Nonnosus and Roman missions to southern Arabia and Ethiopia; Bibliography; Indices.

Über Autor(innen)

Greatrex, Geoffrey
Geoffrey Greatrex is a Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa and President of the Canadian Committee of Byzantinists. He has spent the past thirty years in research on the late Roman eastern frontier, much of it concerned with the work of Procopius, and has published extensively on the subject.