Историк

Procopius

500 - 560

Procopius

О христианском святом см. — Прокопий Кесарийский (святой) Проко́пий Кесарийский (лат. Procopius Caesarensis, греч. Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς; между 490 и 507 — после 565) — византийский историк; секретарь полководца Велизария. Подробнее в Википедии

His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2024). Procopius is the 15th most popular историк (up from 22nd in 2024), the 43rd most popular biography from Israel (up from 49th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Israeli Историк.

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 Историк

Among историк, 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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Diodorus Siculus
90 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 79.20
Rank: 9
Alexis de Tocqueville
1805 - 1859
HPI: 78.33
Rank: 10
Polybius
208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 11
Suetonius
70 - 126
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 12
Thomas Kuhn
1922 - 1996
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 13
Hecataeus of Miletus
550 BC - 476 BC
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 14
Procopius
500 - 560
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 15
Thomas Babington Macaulay
1800 - 1859
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 16
Mircea Eliade
1907 - 1986
HPI: 76.17
Rank: 17
Cassius Dio
155 - 235
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 18
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
1717 - 1768
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 19
Manetho
201 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 20
William of Tyre
1130 - 1186
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 21

Contemporaries

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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Theodora
COMPANION
500 - 548
HPI: 83.54
Rank: 1
Procopius
HISTORIAN
500 - 560
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 2
Totila
POLITICIAN
500 - 552
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 3
Pope Vigilius
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
500 - 555
HPI: 73.23
Rank: 4
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
PHILOSOPHER
500 - 510
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 5
Basiliscus
POLITICIAN
500 - 476
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 6
Peroz I
POLITICIAN
500 - 484
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 7
Sigismund of Burgundy
POLITICIAN
500 - 524
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 8
Rhadamistus
POLITICIAN
500 - 58
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 9
Nonnus
WRITER
500 - 500
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 10
Antipope Laurentius
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
500 - 507
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 11
Yazdegerd II
POLITICIAN
500 - 457
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 12