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In his History of the Wars, Procopius mentions a story ( which Gibbon disbelieved ) where, on hearing the news that Rome had " perished ", Honorius was initially shocked ; thinking the news was in reference to a favorite chicken he had named " Roma ".
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Liddell Hart ( Decisive Wars of History ), among many others, have written books in the style of Creasy's work.
* Thucydides, History of The Peloponnesian Wars
Hume's coverage of the political upheavals of the 17th century relied in large part on the Earl of Clarendon's History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England ( 1646-69 ).
The Great School Wars: A History of the New York City Public Schools.
The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History ( ABC-CLIO: 3 vol 2006 )
* Rothenberg, Gunther E. " The Origins, Causes, and Extension of the Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon ," Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol.
* Simon Schama, A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3500 BC – 1603 AD BBC / Miramax, 2000 ISBN 0-7868-6675-6 ; TV series A History of Britain, Volume 2: The Wars of the British 1603 – 1776 BBC / Miramax, 2001 ISBN 0-7868-6675-6 ; A History of Britain-The Complete Collection on DVD BBC 2002
The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History ( ABC-CLIO: 3 vol 2006 )
The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History ( ABC-CLIO: 3 vol 2006 )
*( c. 75 ) War of the Jews, or The Jewish War, or Jewish Wars, or History of the Jewish War ( commonly abbreviated JW, BJ or War )
" Strategy, Tactics, and Turf Wars: Tirpitz and the Oberkommando der Marine, 1892 – 1895 ," Journal of Military History, Oct 2002, Vol.
The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1638 – 1660 Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-280278-X
The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1638 – 1660 Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-280278-X
Accompanying the general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated Secret History.
Book Eight of The Wars of Justinian, and the Secret History, suggest that his relationship with Belisarius seems to have cooled thereafter.
Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services.
Israel's Wars: A History Since 1947.
> History of Israel > State of Israel > The Wars > War of Independence The Jewish History Resource Center, Project of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* Select Bibliography of the French and Indian Wars compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History
This debate is part of what is known within Australia as the History Wars.
History and Procopius
The Historian Procopius, in his Secret History, claims that the emperor Justinian attempted to interfere with the Jewish calendar in the 6th century, and a modern writer has suggested that this measure may have been directed against the protopaschites.
* Procopius, The Secret History, translated by G. A.
Procopius was the author of a history in eight books of the wars fought by Justinian I, a panegyric on Justinian's public works throughout the empire, and a book known as the Secret History ( Greek: Anekdota ) that claims to report the scandals that Procopius could not include in his published history.
* Procopius ' long-lost Secret History is rediscovered in the Vatican Library.
* Procopius writes Secret History ( approximate date ).
The information from the Secret History of Procopius was published posthumously.
* Procopius, History of the Wars, book I, chapter xiii.
The exemplar secret history is the Anecdota of Procopius of Caesarea ( known for centuries as the Secret History ).
The Secret History of Procopius was discovered in the library and published in 1623.
* The Secret History of Art by Noah Charney on the Vatican Library and Procopius.
The word ' anecdote ' ( in Greek: " unpublished ", literally " not given out ") comes from Procopius of Caesarea, the biographer of Justinian I, who produced a work entitled ( Anekdota, variously translated as Unpublished Memoirs or Secret History ), which is primarily a collection of short incidents from the private life of the Byzantine court.
For instance, in the third book of the History of the Wars Procopius details: " There were many Gothic nations in earlier times, just as also at the present, but the greatest and most important of all are the Goths, Vandals, Visigoths, and Gepaedes.
Procopius writes in History of the Wars Book III: The Vandalic War: " the Massagetae whom they now call Huns " ( XI.
: For Procopius's Secret History, see Procopius.
As for their function, the 6th-century historian Procopius notes in his Secret History:
Notwithstanding its enormous costs, in the Eastern Roman Empire the service was still fully functioning in the first half of the sixth century, when the historian Procopius charges Emperor Justinian with the dismantlement of most of its sections, with the exception of the route leading to the Persian border ( Secret History 30. 1 – 11 ).
In his Secret History, however, Procopius gives a different account of Belisarius's inaction, completely unrelated to the Ghassanid ruler.
History and mentions
Ian Bottomley in his book " Arms and Armor of the Samurai: The History of Weaponry in Ancient Japan " shows a picture of a kusari armour and mentions kusari katabira ( chain jackets ) with detachable arms being worn by samurai police officials during the Edo period.
John Speed, in his 1611 work History of Great Britain, mentions the possibility that Eleanor had a son named Philip, who died young.
* NASA, Vanguard — A History, " Chapter 1 Background of Space Exploration " mentions S. Fred Singer's role in early US space exploration.
Elsewhere in his Church History, Eusebius reports seeing what he took to be portraits of Jesus, Peter and Paul, and also mentions a bronze statue at Banias / Paneas, of which he wrote, " They say that this statue is an image of Jesus " ( H. E.
In his Church History ( Book I, Chapter XI ) Eusebius discusses the Josephus reference to how Herod Antipas killed John the Baptist, and mentions the marriage to Herodias in items 1 to 6.
In Book II, Chapter 23. 20 of his Church History, Eusebius mentions Josephus ' reference to the death of James and the sufferings that befell those who killed him.
He is absent from Bede's early-8th-century Ecclesiastical History of the English People, another major early source for post-Roman history that mentions Mount Badon.
Pliny's Natural History mentions four ancient labyrinths: the Cretan labyrinth, an Egyptian labyrinth, a Lemnian labyrinth and an Italian labyrinth.
With the arrival of the year 2012, Nostradamus's prophecies started to be co-opted ( especially by the History Channel ) as evidence suggesting that the end of the world is imminent, notwithstanding the fact that his book never mentions the end of the world, let alone the year 2012.
Gregory of Tours mentions in his Liber historiae Francorum (" Book of Frankish History ") that the Alan king Respendial saved the day for the Vandals in an armed encounter with the Franks at the crossing of the Rhine on December 31, 406 ).
Sangren, in History and Magical Power in a Chinese Community ( 1987 ) mentions Davidson's account, adding that elderly Ta-ch ' i informants had corroborated his claims.
Nikephoros ' Brief History mentions that Rhahzadh challenged Heraclius to personal combat.
It is unclear whether Ptolemy Philadelphus survived the journey to Rome, as Cassius Dio History of Rome only mentions the twins.
Pliny ( Natural History 6. 30. 123 ) mentions a sect, or school of Chaldeans called the Hippareni.
Muhammad ibn Jafar Narshakhi in his History of Bukhara ( completed 943-44 CE ) mentions:
George Jebb's Guide to the Church of St Botolph, with Notes on the History of Boston mentions rings in the tower from which lights could be hung, pointing out that it was a popular practice.
Pickett's History of Alabama mentions an Indian town, belonging to the Creeks, which he calls Eufaulahatche.
Prof. Ronald H. Fritze, author of the book Invented Knowledge: False History, Fake Science and Pseudo-religions, mentions the example of Sitchin's claim that the Sumerian sign Din-Gir means " pure ones of the blazing rockets ", adding that " Sitchin's assignment of meanings to ancient words is tendentious and frequently strained.
Until recently, scholarship on Theodore had focused on only the latter period since it is attested in Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English, and also in Stephen of Ripon's Vita Sancti Wilfrithi, whereas no source directly mentions Theodore's earlier activities.
He mentions his own field of History of Religions as one of the fields that was obsessed with origins during the 19th century:
The History only mentions one invasion by Rufus, which could indicate that Gruffudd did not feature in the resistance to the first invasion.
The comic novel The Return of Reginald Perrin, by David Nobbs, contains the following footnote: " Note: It is believed that this book mentions Godalming more than any other book ever written, including A Social, Artistic and Economic History of Godalming by E.
* A History of Marathas-By Grantt Duff ( Online book which mentions history from Shahaji Bhonsle till end of Peshwa regime.
There are only two mentions of him in early Christian literature: several accredited quotations from his Apology in a fragment of Methodius of Olympus ( died 312 ) and some untrustworthy biographical details in the fragments of the Christian History of Philip of Side ( c. 425 ).
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