A review by darwin8u
The Anecdota or Secret History by Procopius

3.0

Doesn't quite rank with Herodotus, and definitely not close to Thucydides, etc. To be fair to Procopius, however, I probably should have read [b:History of the Wars|268692|History of the Wars, Volume I Books 1-2. (Persian War)|Procopius Of Caesarea|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173291058s/268692.jpg|1198219] first. This book reminds me of a score-settling memoir Dick Morris/Rumsfiled would write if either was serving Belisarius. Anyway, it was interesting even if a bit uneven and biased. It is amazing what you can still glean about a culture and time from this type of history.