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New archaeological discoveries have considerably enriched our understanding of the material and artistic culture of Gaza in Late Antiquity. However, new light also needs to be thrown on literary sources illustrating the history and culture of Gaza, especially the works of the Christian sophist and rhetor Procopius, active in the 5th and 6th centuries. These works, comprising a panegyric, seven declamations, two books describing works of art, and a number of fragments, have never been so underrated as they are at the present time. Yet they constitute a document of fundamental importance for the history of civilization in Gaza during a thousand years, for its topography, monuments, schools and religious cults. This project aims topublish a complete critical edition of all extant rhetorical and oratorical writings by Procopius of Gaza. Itis the first complete edition ofall the speeches, and some of the texts have never been published before.
ProcopiusHistory of the wars, Books I And II With An English Translation By H.B. Dewing Procopius of Caesarea, AD 500 – c. AD 565, was a prominent late antique scholar from Palaestina Prima.Accompanying the Roman general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated Secret History. He is commonly held to be the last major historian of the ancient world. Apart from his own writings, the main source for Procopius' life is an entry in the Suda, a 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia that tells nothing about his early life. He was a native of Caesarea in Palaesti...
Situated at the point where the caravan roads from Nabatene and the Negev reach the sea, Gaza was an important and prosperous city throughout Antiquity. Particularly in the late antique period (4th-6th centuries), the city, home of a famous and much frequented school of rhetoric, together with the surrounding area with its numerous monasteries, achieved a high level in culture, spirituality, philosophy and religion and attracted more than just the local population. New archaeological discoveries have considerably enriched our understanding of the material and artistic culture of Gaza in Late Antiquity. However, new light also needs to be thrown on literary sources illustrating the history an...
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