His talents soon attracted attention, and he was promoted to official duties in the service of the State. There he gave lessons in elocution, and acted as counsel in several law-cases. After having for some time practised as a "Rhetorician," that is, advocate or jurist, in his native land, he seems to have migrated early to Byzantium or Constantinople. Procopius, the most important of the Byzantine historians, was born at Caesarea in Palestine towards the beginning of the sixth century of the Christian era. _LITERALLY AND COMPLETELY TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK FOR THE FIRST TIMEĪTHENS: PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY: MDCCCXCVI_ THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE COURT OF JUSTINIAN Eckrich, Post-Processor the PG Online Distributed Proofreaders Team Produced by Ted Garvin, Project Manager Keith M.
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