The Secret History

Author: Procopius

Genre: Non Fiction

Duration: 2 Hours 29 Minutes

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"The Secret History" by Procopius is a captivating historical novel that unveils the hi ...

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How The Great General Belisarius Was Hoodwinked By His Wife, Whose Lover Became A Monk
How Belated Jealousy Affected Belisarius’s Military Judgment, To The Joy Of The Enemy
Showing The Danger Of Interfering With A Woman’s Intrigues, Especially When The Woman Is The Friend Of An Empress
How Theodora, Revenging Her Dear Antonina, Humiliated The Conqueror Of Africa And Italy
How Theodora Tricked The General’s Daughter Into A Liaison With The Empress’s Nephew, And Belisarius Became A Public Laughing Stock
Ignorance Of The Emperor Justin, And His Stencilled Signature, And How His Nephew Justinian Was The Virtual Ruler
Outrages Of The Blues
Character and Appearance Of Justinian
And How Theodora, Most Depraved Of All Courtesans, Won His Love
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
How The Defender Of The Faith Ruined His Subjects
Proving That Justinian And Theodora Were Actually Fiends In Human Form
Deceptive Affability And Piety Of A Tyrant
Justice For Sale
How An Roman Citizens Became Slaves, And A Complaining Patrician Was Ribaldly Mocked By Theodora’s Eunuchs
What Happened To Those Who Fell Out of Favor With Theodora
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
How Justinian Killed A Trillion People
How He Seized All The Wealth Of The Romans And Threw It Away In The Sea And On The Barbarians
Debasing Of The Quaestorship
The Sky Tax, The Selling Of All Offices, And How Border Armies Were Forbidden To Punish Invading Barbarians
Further Corruption In High Places
How Landowners Were Ruined
Unjust Treatment Of The Soldiers, And How Justinian Tricked The “Students” Out Of Their Pay By Threatening To Send Them To War
How He Robbed His Own Officials, Merchants, Sailors, Workmen, And Everybody Else
How He Spoiled the Beauty Of The Cities And Plundered The Poor
How The Defender Of The Faith Protected The Interests Of The Christians
His Violation Of The Laws Of The Romans, And How Jews Were Fined For Eating Lamb
Other Incidents Revealing Him As A Liar And A Hypocrite
Further Innovations Of Justinian And Theodora, And A Conclusion Which Imagines The Death Of An Emperor
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