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Procopius: The Wars

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The Text of The Wars on LacusCurtius

The entire work as we have it today is onsite here in English translation.

As almost always, I retyped the text and the translation rather than scanning them, not only to minimize errors prior to proofreading, but as an opportunity for me to become intimately familiar with the work, an exercise which I heartily recommend. (Well-meaning attempts to get me to scan text, if successful, would merely turn me into some kind of machine: gambit declined.)

I ran a first check immediately after entering each book; then I proofread the text word by word, a check which is meant to be final. In the table of contents below, the sections are therefore shown on blue backgrounds, indicating that I believe the text of them to be completely errorfree; red backgrounds would mean that they still needed that final proofreading. As elsewhere onsite, the header bar at the top of each chapter's webpage will remind you with the same color scheme. Should you spot an error, however . . . please do report it.

Edition Used

Loeb Classical Library, 5 volumes, Greek texts with facing English translation by H. B. Dewing: Harvard University Press, 1914 thru 1928. The text is in the public domain: that of Volumes I‑III because the copyright has lapsed; that of Volumes IV and V, pursuant to the 1978 revision of the U. S. Copyright Code, because the 1924 and 1928 copyrights expired and were not renewed at the appropriate time, which would have been in 1951/52 and 1955/56 respectively. (Details here on the copyright law involved.)

Chapter Numbering, Local Links

The chapters (shown in the text by large numbers) and the sections (small numbers) mark local links, according to a consistent scheme; you can therefore link directly to any passage.

The page numbers below are those of the Greek text in the Loeb Classical Library edition;
the facing English page numbers are greater by one.

Βιβλίον	Κεφάλαια	Book	Chapters	Summary	Page
Α´	α´‑θ´	1	1‑9	zzz	I: 2
	ι´‑ιδ´		10‑14	zzz	76
	ιε´‑ιη´		15‑18	zzz	128
	ιθ´‑κ´		19‑20	zzz	176
	κα´‑κγ´		21‑23	zzz	194
	κδ´		24	zzz	218
	κε´‑κϛ´		25‑26	zzz	238
Β´	α´‑δ´	2	1‑4	zzz	260
	ε´‑ι´		5‑10	zzz	294
	ια´‑ιγ´		11‑13	zzz	350
	ιδ´‑ιθ´		14‑19	zzz	380
	κ´‑κ´		20‑21	zzz	430
	κβ´‑κγ´		22‑23	The plague.	450
	κδ´‑κε´		24‑25	Counting on Persia being weakened by the plague, the Romans attack Persia. Battle of Anglon, a Persian victory.	472
	κϛ´‑λ´		26‑27	Siege of Edessa.	488
	κϛ´‑λ´		28‑30	Operations around Petra and in Lazica.	514
Γ´	α´‑β´	3	1‑2	zzz	II: 2
	γ´‑ζ´		3‑7	zzz	22
	η´‑ια´		8‑11	zzz	72
	ιβ´‑κε´		12‑25	zzz	110
δ´	α´‑ζ´	4	1‑7	zzz	210
	η´‑ιε´		8‑15	zzz	270
	ιϛ´‑κα´		16‑21	zzz	282
	κβ´‑κζ´		22‑27	zzz	326
	κη´‑λ´		28‑30	zzz	392
Ε´	α´‑ζ´	5	1‑7	zzz	III: 2
	η´‑ιγ´		8‑13	zzz	68
	ιδ´‑κγ´		14‑23	zzz	140
	κδ´‑κθ´		24‑29	zzz	226
Ϛ´	α´‑ζ´	6	1‑7	zzz	288
	η´‑ιε´		8‑15	zzz	358
	ιϛ´‑κα´		16‑21	zzz	IV: 2
	κβ´‑κζ´		22‑27	zzz	56
	κη´‑λ´		28‑30	zzz	112
Ζ´	α´‑ζ´	7	1‑7	zzz	150
	η´‑ια´		8‑11	zzz	212
	ιβ´‑ιε´		12‑15	zzz	248
	ιϛ´‑κδ´		16‑24	zzz	280
	κε´‑κθ´		25‑29	zzz	368
	λ´‑λε´		30‑35	zzz	406
	λϛ´‑μ´		36‑40	zzz	V: 2
Η´	α´‑ζ´	8	1‑7	zzz	56
	η´‑ιδ´		8‑14	zzz	116
	ιε´‑ιζ´		15‑17	zzz	206
	ιη´‑κ´		18‑20	zzz	234
	κα´‑κβ´		21‑22	zzz	270
	κγ´		23	The naval battle of Sena Gallica.	286
	κδ´‑κε´		24‑25	zzz	302
	κϛ´‑κη´		26‑28	Justinian gets serious about the war in Italy, sending Narses with troops and money. Narses sets to work clearing NE Italy.	326
	κθ´‑λβ´		29‑32	The battle of Tadinum (Taginae): defeat of the Goths and death of Totila.	352
	λγ´‑λε´		33‑35	zzz	388

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