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Procopius

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Procopius of Caesarea (; Ancient Greek: Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς Prokópios ho Kaisareús; Latin: Procopius Caesariensis; c. 500 – 565) was a prominent late antique Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Roman general Belisarius in Emperor Justinian's wars, Procopius became the principal Roman historian of the 6th century, writing the History of the Wars, the Buildings, and the Secret History. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Procopius is the 15th most popular historian (up from 22nd in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Israel (up from 49th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Israeli Historian.

Procopius was a Byzantine historian who wrote about the wars of Justinian I. He is most famous for his work "The Secret History" which is a scathing attack on Justinian and his wife Theodora.

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Among historians, Procopius ranks 15 out of 561. Before him are Diodorus Siculus, Alexis de Tocqueville, Polybius, Suetonius, Thomas Kuhn, and Hecataeus of Miletus. After him are Thomas Babington Macaulay, Mircea Eliade, Cassius Dio, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Manetho, and William of Tyre.

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Among people born in 500, Procopius ranks 2. Before him is Theodora. After him are Totila, Pope Vigilius, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Basiliscus, Peroz I, Sigismund of Burgundy, Rhadamistus, Nonnus, Antipope Laurentius, and Yazdegerd II. Among people deceased in 560, Procopius ranks 1. After him are Cynric, Simplicius of Cilicia, Medardus, Audoin, Chram, Clodoald, Glappa of Bernicia, Thurisind, and Gabrán mac Domangairt.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Procopius ranks 43 out of 466. Before him are Bathsheba (-3500), Moshe Dayan (1915), Rehoboam (-972), John the Evangelist (10), Ahmed Yassin (1937), and Joseph of Arimathea (100). After him are Jeroboam (-1000), Joel (-1), Nehemiah (-490), William of Tyre (1130), Hezekiah (-800), and Simeon (null).

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Among HISTORIANS In Israel

Among historians born in Israel, Procopius ranks 2. Before him are Josephus (37). After him are William of Tyre (1130), Yuval Noah Harari (1976), Sextus Julius Africanus (160), Tom Segev (1945), and Benny Morris (1948).

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