Contemporary historians tell us that Justinian dominated his uncle.
I know Procopius says this. Do any others?
- dunno. Maybe not. I'm not a Byzantinist. I knew that Procopius did, but I was hedging. --MichaelTinkler
Ok. It's just that not everything Procopius says can be taken at face value, notably the secret histories, as he obviously had a personal grudge against the family.
- Indeed. The phrase 'contemporary historians' makes a nice introductory statement for later qualification, I thought. Of course, Procopius *might* be right and he might have been possessed by a demon. --MichaelTinkler.
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