Procopius
Precopius: The Secret History
Procopius view of women in his "The Secret History" is summed up best by his own comments. Because this work totally refutes all that was written by him before about women and the rule of Emperor Justinian. Procopius wrote that he was certain that this writing would ruin his credibility as a historian and that his legacy would only be seen as fiction or prose at best (By the Historian 1). He said further that they he would be seen as simply "Worse yet, it occurs to me that what I am now about to tell will seem neither probable nor plausible to future generations" (By the Historian). It is true that much of "The Secret History" is so absurd that they to a certain extent appear unbelievable. He refutes his earlier comments about the Justinian Empire giving as excuse the fact that during the emperor's reign, he would have suffered a quick exile or unimaginable death if the truth had been told. Stating that "their hordes of spies would have found out about it, and they would have put me to a most horrible death" (By the Historian). Procopius viewed women to be vile, sexually deviant, self-consumed creatures that could make even the strongest man subject to their slavery and total domination.
He felt that women could turn the heart of men into total degradation, especially those that enjoyed wealth and power and the ability to control the lives of others (2). Theodora was such a woman with humble beginnings as an actor or courtesan who later becoming an empress was given political...
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