Download or read book History of the Wars, Books I and II written by Procopius and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-21 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'History of the Wars, Books I and II' is a historical account written by the Greek scholar Procopius of Caesarea. Also known as 'The Persian War', this book deals with the conflict between the Romans and Sassanid Persia in Mesopotamia, Syria, Armenia, Lazica, and Iberia (present-day Georgia). It details the campaigns of the Sassanid shah Kavadh I, the 'Nika' revolt, the war by Kavadh's successor Khosrau I, his destruction of Antioch and deportation of its inhabitants to Mesopotamia, and the great plague that devastated the empire from 542. The Persian War also covers the early career of Procopius's patron Belisarius in some detail.