HIST 1001 Lecture : Nov 4 Lecture E3
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Procopius, buildings (hagia sophia), wars (a revolt), secret histories (brophy) In secret histories, he bashes him for being quick tempered, but in other accounts, he praises his accomplishments in war. Procopius says her mother pushed her into acting at a young age, and came into. Justinian as a mistress to another roman official. Using your body to make a living in their world, and the accusations procopius makes against her, stirs up a lot of rumors and its hard to tell what all is really true. She created houses to reform prostitutes and give the better lives; didn"t help with charges that that"s what she really was in the beginning of her life. She was basically a co-equal ruler with justinian. Hippodrome (like a theatre, stadium where races where watched) Blue orthodox, upper- class (justinian"s side, but most on this are still against him) Two sides rooting for their teams in the races.
