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Wars

work by Procopius

Also known as: “De bellis”, “Polemon”

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In Procopius
The Wars consists of: (1) the Persian Wars (two books), on the long struggle of the emperors Justin I and Justinian I against the Persian kings Kavadh and Khosrow I down to 549, (2) the Vandal War (two books), describing the conquest of the Vandal kingdom…
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