Isidore-of-Seville's Classical Library presents Procopius, The Secret History Richard Atwater (trans.), Tim Spalding (ed.), with user-submitted commentary.

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Commentary Contents. As with most ancient works, the chapter-heads are not original. Nevertheless, they often correspond with starting and ending formulae that ancient readers would have interpreted in much the same way. [ T.S. ] Contents *. By the Historian 1. How the Great General Belisarius Was Hoodwinked by His Wife 2. How Belated Jealousy Affected Belisarius's Military Judgment 3. Showing the Danger of Interfering with a Woman's Intrigues 4. How Theodora Humiliated the Conqueror of Africa and Italy 5. How Theodora Tricked the General's Daughter 6. Ignorance of the Emperor Justin, and How His Nephew Justinian Was the Virtual Ruler 7. Outrages of the Blues 8. Character and Appearance of Justinian 9. How Theodora, Most Depraved of All Courtesans, Won His Love 10. How Justinian Created a New Law Permitting Him to Marry a Courtesan 11. How the Defender of the Faith Ruined His Subjects 12. Proving That Justinian and Theodora Were Actually Fiends in Human Form 13. Perceptive Affability and Piety of a Tyrant 14. Justice for Sale 15. How All Roman Citizens Became Slaves 16. What Happened to Those Who Fell Out of Favor with Theodora 17. How She Saved Five Hundred Harlots from a Life of Sin 18. How Justinian Killed a Trillion People 19. How He Seized All the Wealth of the Romans and Threw It Away 20. Debasing of the Quaestorship 21. The Sky Tax, and How Border Armies Were Forbidden to Punish Invading Barbarians 22. Further Corruption in High Places 23. How Landowners Were Ruined 24. Unjust Treatment of the Soldiers 25. How He Robbed His Own Officials 26. How He Spoiled the Beauty of the Cities and Plundered the Poor 27. How the Defender of the Faith Protected the Interests of the Christians 28. His Violation of the Laws of the Romans and How Jews Were Fined for Eating Lamb 29. Other Incidents Revealing Him as a Liar and a Hypocrite 30. Further Innovations of Justinian and Theodora, and a Conclusion

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