A Companion to Procopius of Caesarea

Mischa Meier holds a chair of Ancient History at the University of Tübingen (Germany). He has published widely in the field of late antiquity and the history of historiography, including Das andere Zeitalter Justinians (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004), Anastasios I. (Klett-Cotta, 2010), and Geschichte der Völkerwanderung (C.H. Beck, 2021).

Federico Montinaro is Research Group Leader in the Emmy-Noether Program at the University of Tübingen (Germany). He has published extensively on Procopius and, more generally, in the field of Byzantine history and historiography. He has co-edited Studies in Theophanes with Marek Jankowiak (CRHCB, 2015).

Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Federico Montinaro and Mischa Meier

Part 1: Approaching Procopius
The Eastern Roman Empire and Its Neighbours in the “Age of Justinian” – An Overview
Hartmut Leppin

The Search for Harmony in Procopius’ Literary Works
Brian Croke

Part 2: Reading Procopius
Procopius: Life and Works
Geoffrey Greatrex

Wars
Philip Rance

The Secret History
Rene Pfeilschifter

Procopius' Buildings and Panegyric Effect
Michael Whitby

Part 3: Procopius as a Historian
Historiography in Late Antiquity before Procopius
Bruno Bleckmann

Procopius' Sources
Laura Mecella

Procopius as a Historiographer
Dariusz Brodka

Procopius and Christian Historical Thought
Timo Stickler

Procopius of Caesarea and His Byzantine Successors
Marek Jankowiak

Part 4: Imperial Themes
War and Empire in Procopius’ Wars
Charles Pazdernik

Procopius and the Barbarians in the West
Hans-Ulrich Wiemer

Procopius and the East
Henning Börm

Part 5: Procopius as a Writer
The Classicism of Procopius
Anthony Kaldellis

Procopius and His Protagonists
Umberto Roberto

A Narratological Reading of Procopius
Olivier Gengler and Élodie Turquois

General Bibliography
Index of People and Places