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dimitribelgium's review against another edition
2.0
I agree with the translator : who was it for ? While Justinian lived, this book was suicide. After the emperor's or Procopius' own death, this book was both irrelevant & too hyperbole to inspire a damnatio memoriae . Above all, as far as condemnations go, Cicero vs Catalina was a model of restraint by comparison.
steven_nobody's review against another edition
3.0
A quick read, more enjoyable in the first half. It was a crazy story about Justinian & his evil wife, Theodora. At one point he's controlled by a demon and walks around without a head. It was really over the top and felt like it was just trying to make him look bad on purpose.
lerya's review against another edition
2.0
meh production, could have done better. I feel like the potential was there honestly, but I presume that not even a court historian can possess the same skill as your average teenage girl when it comes to recount and hyperbolize gossip as if they are the Herodotus of modern times.
redheadreading's review against another edition
dark
informative
slow-paced
Theodora did WHAT with a goose?!
quiss's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
tywhiplashing's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.5
mafm22's review against another edition
4.0
Much more entertaining than Robert Grave's Count Belisarius. Procopious really letting everyone know (at least posthumously) exactly what he thinks.