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Procopius

6th-century historian

10 dated entries naming Procopius, drawn from 8 separate years between 500 CE and 1623 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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5th century

  • 500Procopius, Byzantine historian (approximate date)source

6th century

  • 533June 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.source
  • 537June – 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.source
  • 539March – 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.source
  • 550Procopius writes the Secret History (approximate date).source
  • 562Belisarius stands trial for corruption in Constantinople, possibly with Procopius acting as praefectus urbi. He is found guilty and sent to prison.source
  • 562Procopius, Byzantine historian (approximate date)source
  • 565Agathias begins to write a history, beginning where Procopius finished his work.source
  • 565Procopius, Byzantine historian (approximate date)source

17th century

  • 1623Procopius' long-lost Secret History is rediscovered, in the Vatican Library.source

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