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Secret History

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Secret History
Procopius Caesariensis, Nicolaus Alemannus · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Secret History is a literary work[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Procopius[3]
  • Genre: essay[4]
  • Follows: On Buildings[5]
  • Language of work or name: Ancient Greek[6]
  • Has edition or translation: The Secret History[7], The Secret History of the Court of the Emperor Justinian[8], Procopii Historia arcana[9], Procopii Caesariensis Anecdota (ed. Niccolò Alemanni, 1623)[10]
  • Main subject: historiography[11]
  • Title: Ἀνέκδοτα[12]
  • Different from: The Secret History[13]
  • Entry in abbreviations table: Procop. Arc.[14]
  • State of transmission: full[15]

Why It Matters

Secret History is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

historiography literary work Procopius

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . perseus.tufts.edu. perseus.tufts.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · InventaireBot bot · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    State of transmission → full
    Viaf cluster id → 78151352048252601813, 4330159478143027990000, 267239109 +1
    Follows → —
    Follows → On Buildings
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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