{"slug": "procopius", "label": "Procopius", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procopius", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q186153", "qid": "Q186153", "description": "6th-century historian", "entries": 10, "years": 8, "span": [500, 1623], "span_label": ["500 CE", "1623 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "belisarius", "label": "Belisarius", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "march", "label": "March", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "milan", "label": "Milan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "goths", "label": "Goths", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "burgundians", "label": "Burgundians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mediolanum", "label": "Mediolanum", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sicily", "label": "Sicily", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "huns", "label": "Huns", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "africa-roman-province", "label": "Africa (Roman province)", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 500, "year_label": "500 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Procopius, Byzantine historian (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361340160#Births", "title": "AD 500", "revid": 1361340160, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 533, "year_label": "533 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 21", "text": "June 21 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails in 500 transports, escorted by 92 war vessels (dromons), manned by 20,000 seamen from Constantinople, to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily. The fleet carries 10,000 infantry, about half Byzantine and half foederati, and 5,000 cavalry, consisting of 3,000 Byzantine horsemen, 1,000 foreign allies (Huns and Heruli) and 1,500 of Belisarius' retainers (bucellarii). On the flagship Belisarius is accompanied by his military secretary Procopius, and his wife Antonina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340793764#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "533", "revid": 1340793764, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 537, "year_label": "537 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "June", "text": "June – In Rome, famine brings the city to despair; Belisarius sends his secretary Procopius to Naples for more reinforcements and supplies. Vitiges arranges a three-month armistice for Gothic envoys to travel to Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370992976#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "537", "revid": 1370992976, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 539, "year_label": "539 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March", "text": "March – Gothic War: The Goths and the Burgundians recapture Mediolanum (modern Milan), after many months of siege, the city reaching the point of starvation. The Byzantine garrison (1,000 men) surrenders and is spared, but the inhabitants are massacred (according to Procopius 300,000 people are murdered), and the city itself is destroyed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754969#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "539", "revid": 1364754969, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 550, "year_label": "550 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Procopius writes the Secret History (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340799644#Arts_and_sciences", "title": "550", "revid": 1340799644, "section": "Events › By topic › Arts and sciences"}}, {"year": 562, "year_label": "562 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Belisarius stands trial for corruption in Constantinople, possibly with Procopius acting as praefectus urbi. He is found guilty and sent to prison.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749268#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "562", "revid": 1364749268, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 562, "year_label": "562 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Procopius, Byzantine historian (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749268#Deaths", "title": "562", "revid": 1364749268, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 565, "year_label": "565 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Agathias begins to write a history, beginning where Procopius finished his work.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749296#Arts_and_sciences", "title": "565", "revid": 1364749296, "section": "Events › By topic › Arts and sciences"}}, {"year": 565, "year_label": "565 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Procopius, Byzantine historian (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749296#Deaths", "title": "565", "revid": 1364749296, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1623, "year_label": "1623 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Procopius' long-lost Secret History is rediscovered, in the Vatican Library.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655899#Date_unknown", "title": "1623", "revid": 1366655899, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}]}