Procopius

American  

[proh-koh-pee-uhs, pruh-] / proʊˈkoʊ pi əs, prə- /

noun

1. a.d. c490–c562, Greek historian.

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Procopius British  

/ prəʊˈkəʊpɪəs /

noun

1. ?490–?562 _ad , Byzantine historian, noted for his account of the wars of Justinian I against the Persians, Vandals, and Ostrogoths

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Example Sentences

As a military historian, Procopius had helped create the myth of Justinian’s greatness in his eight-book treatise “The Wars of Justinian.”

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2018

Parishioners at voter registration tables after a Spanish-language mass outside St. Procopius in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood said their faith doesn't play a big role in their vote.

From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2012

In her last novel, Theodora, Stella Duffy took a scurrilous account of the Byzantine empress by the Roman historian Procopius and turned it on its head.

From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2012

However, diaries from Procopius, a noted historian back then, indicate that many thought the end of civilization was upon them.

From Washington Post

My family might never have become silk farmers if it hadn’t been for the Emperor Justinian, who, according to Procopius, persuaded two missionaries to risk it.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides