Although The Secret History is an invective, many modern scholars have relied upon it when writing their own histories of the 6th centuries CE . To what extent have Peter Brown ( The world of Late Antiquity, Ch. 12) and Averil Cameron ( The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity, Ch 5) done so? To what extent have these scholars been affected by Procopius’ biases? To what extent have they transcended them? In answering these questions, consider especially the information and attitudes that appear in books 11-14 and 18-26 of The Secret History.
Only sources allowed :
1) he world of Late Antiquity by Peter Brown T
2) The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity by Averil Cameron
3) The Secret History by Procopius
