One common way that history is (re)written--although virtually unrecognized by the public and unquestioned by historians--is that "secret histories" are "discovered" long after they were purportedly written. And what do we find for Procopius himself?
Procopius's now famous Anecdota, also known as Secret History, was discovered centuries later at the Vatican Library in Rome and published in Lyon by Niccolò Alamanni in 1623.
So the Vatican only had a thousand years to dream something up? Sounds like it must be legit, but it's still something for everyone to keep in mind as you're trying to figure out just what the hell actually went on.
One common way that history is (re)written--although virtually unrecognized by the public and unquestioned by historians--is that "secret histories" are "discovered" long after they were purportedly written. And what do we find for Procopius himself?
So the Vatican only had a thousand years to dream something up? Sounds like it must be legit, but it's still something for everyone to keep in mind as you're trying to figure out just what the hell actually went on.