Justinian: The Headless Emperor // Procopius' Secret History // 6th century AD Primary Source

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4 жыл бұрын

"...for one of these asserted that he would rise suddenly from the imperial throne...and the head of Justinian would disappear suddenly, but the rest of his body seemed to keep making these same long circuits..."
Here we have a Halloween special for you - Procopius' Secret History, which portrays the then Emperor Justinian as not only cruel and incompetent but actually possessed by demons.
Rediscovered centuries after its writing in the Vatican Library, it was finally published in 1623. Possibly the result of Procopius' disillusionment or even as a type of insurance to be released if anything were to happen to him, it covers the same period of Byzantine history as his History of the Wars; featuring all the same players but completely different in tone.
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@CollinBuckman 4 жыл бұрын

Just imagine if this were the only primary source we still had on Emperor Justinian.

@marvelfannumber1 4 жыл бұрын

Well, it is interesting, because this very same author's (Procopius) history on Justinian heaps praise upon him and calls him one of the greatest Emperors ever. The Secret History was something he probably wrote in private and only shared with close friends. It makes you wonder which one of them is true, or if they're both complete bullshit (one being propaganda and the other being slander).

@CollinBuckman 4 жыл бұрын

@@marvelfannumber1 I'm pretty sure the slanderous one can definitely be brushed off as bullshit given all the talk of demons and disappearing heads.

@PorkFreeCoffee 4 жыл бұрын

@@CollinBuckman You're telling me that you've never seen a man with a disappearing head?

@duxromanorum9861 4 жыл бұрын

@@marvelfannumber1 propaganda or not, Justinian was Great(pun intended)

@marvelfannumber1 4 жыл бұрын

@@CollinBuckman Sure, but you'd have to assume it isn't all complete bullshit. After all, why would Procopius write such a document if he didn't have any genuine negative thoughts about Justinian privately? The demonic shit is obviously short hand or poetic exaggeration, but it does make one question his official works which claim that Justinian was the greatest Emperor ever.

@Pakicetus_ 4 жыл бұрын

Bah! green propaganda

@captaintyrrell6428 4 жыл бұрын

Up the Blues!

@rodolfogonzalez724 4 жыл бұрын

Go yellows :v

@rodolfogonzalez724 4 жыл бұрын

actually yes, they were the faction opposed to the blues. And their confrontación exploded in the Nika riots. I said "yellows" as a joke. Perhaps a bad joke to be honest :v

@louiscachet7681 Жыл бұрын

Red vs Blue

@The_ZeroLine Жыл бұрын

The Byzantines were the original Newt Gingriches / Fox News. Masters of writing fake histories to discredit former rules and political opponents.

@nikoscarrotkiller1947 4 жыл бұрын

This is like a creepypasta

@enragedkaiser237 4 жыл бұрын

"Byzantine History: Lost Episode"

@giacomopiccinini9157 4 жыл бұрын

Justinian Drowned

@budakbaongsiah 4 жыл бұрын

@@giacomopiccinini9157 *Justin drowned

@TheKipchak 4 жыл бұрын

Lol I thought the exact same thing

@berthold64 4 жыл бұрын

@@enragedkaiser237 would love to watch semi horror historical movie sets in byzantine

@prophetic0311 4 жыл бұрын

Procopius certainly had an axe to grind.

@ragnarulrichson778 2 ай бұрын

He also had access to the subjects of The Secret History for a lengthy period of time.

@cat_and_cabbage4662 Ай бұрын

@@ragnarulrichson778how so exactly

@grishy8203 4 жыл бұрын

I love how each of these videos gets right into the source, and doesn't mess around with an annoying intro

@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Yep! That's the idea

@paulgregersen3570 Жыл бұрын

On Nebuchadnezzars dream in Daniel and Revelation Justinian is the man predicted the Bible time-line that adds to 666. He is the narcissist monster who's head "as it were" was wounded to death in Johns vision in chapter 13" History records all these credible witnesses that saw this vision as if his head were wounded to death by a sword where it would be destroyed and then return as if it were healed back. Amaxing! To prove that Justinian counts 666 'Watch how God reveals the entire time-line to prove this is God's proohecy. click KZfaq video title "Book of Abraham part 9" click mame Paul Gregersen to get there. This is the real prophecy as God wrote it into your Bible. Prove it by God's math.

@12345678900987659101 4 жыл бұрын

-10 Opinion: Vicious Slander

@Aldnon 4 жыл бұрын

@@sandrojones8068 Even with invite all only 2 came and the chance of success is lower than 25%

@vkngwmn6636 2 жыл бұрын

Wrong

@AkakaDomenjer 2 жыл бұрын

Kme Kme Kme

@TurquoiseInk 2 жыл бұрын

One is slander and character assassination. The other other epic brown nosing. Still, they have historical value. However, it speaks to the character of the writer.

@thenoblepoptart 26 күн бұрын

I resent that! Slander is spoken. In print, it’s libel…

@kazmark_gl8652 4 жыл бұрын

The Secret History is just the weirdest thing. if you dont know Precopious was a member of Justinian's court and wrote the most reliable account of his reign. then a few hundred years later in the Vatican library some church scholars find the secret history literally hidden away. the secret history itself never actually claims to be written by Precopious but it makes reference to its authors other works, and we know Precopious wrote those other works.

@paulmayson3129 4 жыл бұрын

Either it was a forgery or Procopius had a great deal of fun while writing these.

@jerres9585 4 жыл бұрын

@@paulmayson3129 one theory is that he did it so that if Justinian is deposed he would show this work to his successor and tell him oh yeah I hated Justinian too 🤷🏻‍♂️

@casualyoutubeviewer9198 2 жыл бұрын

@John Titor Recently did an essay on Procopius, I can link you a source for jerr es’s claim if you’d so like.

@Sulucnumoh420 2 жыл бұрын

@@casualyoutubeviewer9198 nah they'd rather just disparage someone based on their own feelings.

@Abdulrahman_Hi 2 жыл бұрын

@@paulmayson3129 What if Precopious' Secret History is mostly true?

@WarDogMadness 4 жыл бұрын

He was invisible of course.

@user-so8kx7uj2x 4 жыл бұрын

And invincible!

@rymdalkis 4 жыл бұрын

Always knew Justinian was a lizardman

@whiterosecicero4802 4 жыл бұрын

rymdalkis Justinian is also putting chemicals in the aqueducts that turn the frogs gay.

@dylanchouinard6141 4 жыл бұрын

White Rose Cicero its Greece, the frogs were already gay. They had been gay for centuries

@justinelliott3529 4 жыл бұрын

Don’t bad mouth my nephew

@garymericano 2 жыл бұрын

@@dylanchouinard6141 I was going to joke about how atrazine (the chemical getting into drinking water that turns male frogs into female) hadn't been invented yet, but Damnit that was unironically the 2nd most spectacularly executed ❝Grͬeͤeͤks aͣrͬeͤ hͪoͦmͫoͦs❞ joke I've ever seen. Simplicity is key, I suppose.

@kari7403 4 жыл бұрын

I particularly enjoy the voice inflictions, as if really talking about dirt that they had just heard, and sharing the gossip with us, thr listeners. Sounds like the narrator is really relishing talking crap. 😄😁

@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

I am!

@kari7403 4 жыл бұрын

@@VoicesofthePast 😄 Oh, that makes it all that much better! Thanks for the confirmation. I had a sneaking suspicion. 😉

@tleigh4008 4 жыл бұрын

Procopius sounds like an insatiable gossip who may or may not have been taking some kind of hallucinogens.

@cgavin1 4 жыл бұрын

That is a surprisingly accurate summary.

@tleigh4008 4 жыл бұрын

wozzlepop 😉

@gogodaal7273 3 жыл бұрын

Revenge against the heretical greeks

@Moribus_Artibus 3 жыл бұрын

Ancient historians in a nutshell

@emperorofpluto Жыл бұрын

Love the Secret History. First read it as a teenager. One of the most entertaining primary sources, and a total contrast with Procopius' formal official history.

@annalieff-saxby568 4 жыл бұрын

What a terrific spine-chiller to come across on Halloween! Thank you!

@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@markletts2000 4 жыл бұрын

Your reading style bring life to these tales,brilliant ,.TY Ⓜ️

@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Thank for watching!

@gnosisqnce6758 4 жыл бұрын

I guess that means on Valentines we will get the page where Theodora is banged from all sides

@claudiu-mihaipuiu1221 4 жыл бұрын

Wait what?

@Kevin-cl2ez 21 күн бұрын

😂

@georgewilson7432 4 жыл бұрын

Procopius was the first Creepypasta writer. By the way, how realiable is he? Because the things he writes about Justinian and Theodora are wild.

@petergriffintv8315 2 жыл бұрын

He was employed by then to keep an accurate history of events at court and in the empire, no one could be a more reliable source

@Kevin-cl2ez 21 күн бұрын

Theres no way she slept with 40 dudes at once

@WeezyOld 9 күн бұрын

@@petergriffintv8315 Which of his writings are true tho? His official writing counters this… bro wrote literal pages about how its BS that Theodora gives it up for Senators but not him, this is nothing more than his venting journal 😭

@sergeant_chris6209 4 жыл бұрын

Happy Halloween from the Byzantine court!

@madhatterman01 4 жыл бұрын

Walks around the palace at unreasonable hours = Demon

@TomYawns 2 жыл бұрын

slaughter and subjugate untold thousands of different goths and work with khazars and huns.

@jandmchavez 2 жыл бұрын

Voices of the past " excellent storytelling ! Keep up the good work.

@chadvogel3594 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like he didn’t like Justinian.

@justinelliott3529 4 жыл бұрын

My enemies say similar things about me lol

@ArabianRazumZar Жыл бұрын

He’s the same guy who wrote propaganda about him

@rhett3185 Ай бұрын

He’s the same guy who lauded him as a great emperor officially, and was personally employed by Justinian, this work was what he wrote in secret though. At least we think it was Procobius since the work makes mention of a lot of his prior works which was common in ancient history, historians loved to shill their own books. So he’s about as reliable as we get.

@cadens.308 4 жыл бұрын

The Medieval explanation for competent rulership

@TheOfficalBiggestBird 2 жыл бұрын

John Titor It wasn't just his fault, it was also haunting the second who was just shit

@aidanator8008 2 жыл бұрын

@John Titor Pretty much all of Justinian's conquests lasted at least 100 years. True, three years after his death the Lombards invaded Italy, but they only took around half of the Peninsula, and the Eastern Romans still held onto most of the important cities such as Ravenna, Venice, Naples, and Rome, and they would maintain some form of presence there until the Normans came in 500 years later. North Africa proved to be a staunchly loyal province of the Empire, holding out during the great Persian War at the beginning of the 600s while Egypt and the Levant fell. Also, when the Arab Conquests began, the Levant and Egypt once again fell quickly to the invaders, but it would take them another 50 years to take and conquer Carthage, and had Justinian II better managed the Empire after Constantine IV left it in a good spot then the Exarchate of Africa may have been able to have been retained for centuries more. Not to mention that most of the problems that had arisen during Justinian's reign had been resolved by the end of Maurice's, less than half a century after Justinian's death. It was the overthrow of Maurice and the Byzantine-Sasanian War of 602-628 that really doomed the Empire, at least for the next 100 years until Leo III's reign.

@arifahmedkhan9999 8 ай бұрын

I didn't know almost abandoning your empire after riots and dismissing your most successful general at the most decisive moment with a demented eunuch is considered "competent"

@Dhhdjdjdj46 4 жыл бұрын

Best little suprise before bed 🙌 Edit: Macedonia was quite the root rat, nice work lass 🙊

@enragedkaiser237 4 жыл бұрын

Spoopy

@atomic_wait 4 жыл бұрын

Very spookios and scaryios.

@Armorius2199 4 жыл бұрын

Well the only Byzantine emperor to conduct offensive operations must have been possesed!

@haydenpetersen9443 4 жыл бұрын

Didn't the Macedonian dynasty crush the Bulgars and take back Crete from the Arabs?

@iihhtt 4 жыл бұрын

@@haydenpetersen9443 Correct.

@jamesoleary2476 4 жыл бұрын

Hayden Petersen a lot of the Emperors went on the offensive. Justinian was the only one with the resources to be a great conqueror though.

@Armorius2199 4 жыл бұрын

@@haydenpetersen9443 Yes but Justinian tried to conquer all of West Europe and North Africa, nearly succeeding!

@arddermout6946 4 жыл бұрын

@@Armorius2199 ho ho his generals did that for him.

@darrynmurphy2038 4 жыл бұрын

What if the Secret History is actually from an alternate universe? One where Justinian really was a shape shifting monstrosity, and Procopius wasn't the sycophantic court historian that he is in our world

@henrykkeszenowicz4664 6 ай бұрын

What if the demon in our timeline was real and Procopius was right?

@damjanselakovic4659 4 жыл бұрын

do empress theodora's throne saving speech next please! your narrations are amazing

@Abdulrahman_Hi 2 жыл бұрын

Watch the end of the vid below, it explains the motive behind said speech. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsuYdtGQmNHdp2g.html Whole vid is worth a watch.

@rhett3185 Ай бұрын

It’s not a great or riveting speech. It’s about her not willing to relinquish control for a time in retreat even if it means the end of her reign, along with the empire in a suicidal tantrum.

@VladTevez 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, it was about time!

@monferno1 4 жыл бұрын

I’d love more of the secret history!

@Abdulrahman_Hi 2 жыл бұрын

Here you go: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsuYdtGQmNHdp2g.html

@traqueliacooper5132 3 жыл бұрын

I almost 4 got 2 mention you 🎸 & thanks 4 taking time sharing that story. I should sleep awesome. Great work. I shall be turned. This would certainly be terrific 4 campfire sleepover, 😆. (Like un my living room on the floor w/ boxes covering our heads. Seriously I'm happy I'm not alone tommorrow morning watch how scared I be. Not wanting my husband 2 go 2 work or nothing. 😆. I enjoy your page.

@stilihon912 4 жыл бұрын

well this is greaaat!!! can you myb do something with George Sphrantzes

@matthewperry5121 4 жыл бұрын

There we go again thanks

@evershumor1302 4 жыл бұрын

Extra history talked about this and i was really curious. Thanks.

@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Rynewulf 4 жыл бұрын

Oooh, do you remember which episode? I'm very behind xD

@evershumor1302 4 жыл бұрын

@@Rynewulf the very last episode of the first extra history series. He mentions it briefly at the end.

@Abdulrahman_Hi 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah saw that episode too. They tried to downplay Procopius' Secret History by making a mockery out of his work. Watch the other side of the coin, then be the judge: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsuYdtGQmNHdp2g.html

@bluespy4050 4 жыл бұрын

try and picture almost 1200 years from now, reading about the current president

@sokar_rostau 4 жыл бұрын

Their king came to the throne after driving out the demon-worshipers who sacrificed babies and baked their flesh on flat bread for good omens. He promised that he would build a great defensive fortification around his kingdom to protect it from barbarians, and that he would drain the great swamp to turn into farmland for his loving people. It is said that their king so disliked his predecessor that he had courtesans micturate on the former king's bed. It is also said in whispers that he lays with his daughter for no woman in all the kingdom could be as perfect as she that came from his own loins. He has himself been heard to say that he carries women around by their pudenda but he is also known to have the hands of a very small child. I have not seen these things for myself but it is what I have heard from people and they have no reason to lie.

@a.m.armstrong8354 2 жыл бұрын

@@sokar_rostau Sad attempt at satire except a man is in custody awaiting extradition,for revealing state orchestrated murder. A former supermodel languishes in a mental institution for claiming leading members of European Royal families used the fashion industry to groom underaged girls for sex and trafficking. Members of the Swedish and Dutch Royalty subsequently forced to relinquish 'Royal' status. Another Royal, directly named by a victim, refuses to testify or help with enquiries..I could go on, but you get the picture. No satire.

@ClutchPwnageTv 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine being the most powerful man in the world tasked with reconquering the Western portion of your Empire and holding it despite the logistical impossibilities. Is it surprising he couldn't sleep or eat much, considering all that pressure?

@cgavin1 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure Justinian had anything to do with that. The Emperor appears to have been a very good bureaucrat but a lousy person. He had men like Belisarius to manage conquests, who was most definitely the brains of that operation. So much so that Justinian had him destroyed out of jealousy.

@ClutchPwnageTv 4 жыл бұрын

@@cgavin1 The Byzantine Emperors had a lot of pressure on them, both from the public and the aristocracy. They had to give the people "bread and circuses", as their Western counterparts did, while navigating complex palace intrigue and nonstop factions. You need only briefly look at Byzantine history to see how many Emperors were murdered, banished, overthrown in coups, blinded, or otherwise mutilated and exiled. Justinian certainly had a lot on his plate and some heavy expectations to stand at the top. It could have fueled his jealousy, or indeed some of the negative portrayals of him given by Procopius or John of Ephesus.

@anirudh177 2 жыл бұрын

@@cgavin1 when did Justinian destroy Belisarius out of jealousy?

@khornedmaple 4 жыл бұрын

Now do the part on Theodora... actually, don't do that one.

@paulmayson3129 4 жыл бұрын

Especially the part with Theodora and the geese.

@louisgentilucci1188 4 жыл бұрын

MY BOY PROCOPIUS!!!!!

@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Top chap

@PenguinofD00mxxx 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Frst2nxt 4 жыл бұрын

1:30 the secret origin of the DC comics hero, the Question. the ancestor of Victorinus Sage?

@Sarke2 2 жыл бұрын

one of the scariest stories ever told

@jaydwy8069 Жыл бұрын

Asha logos had a great video about these two.

@calska140 4 жыл бұрын

Well, I'd rather my king was Lord of the demons than like the accountant of the demons.

@hazeluzzell 4 жыл бұрын

Perfect for Halloween.....

@Abdulrahman_Hi 2 жыл бұрын

Spooky kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsuYdtGQmNHdp2g.html

@MJayzStudio 4 жыл бұрын

you should narrate the council of clermont

@michaelarchangel3545 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a source of this? I'm not questioning, I'd just like to read it

@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Google Procopius Secret History

@traqueliacooper5132 3 жыл бұрын

You could have kept that lil bit 2 yourself, weather you were presently there when these terrifying acts & events occurred or not, I darn surely would argue that statement down. Dam Mr. Your awakwardly awesome. You could have fooled me I would have sworn you were not only present you indeed was none other than the prefect witness.

@Abdulrahman_Hi 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsuYdtGQmNHdp2g.html Ditch the feminazi liberal propaganda, and see Justinian+Theodora's reign for what it really is . .

@censusgary 4 жыл бұрын

Mud slinging has always been part of politics.

@doctorpicardnononono7469 4 жыл бұрын

what were they smoking back then?

@xyAKMxy 4 жыл бұрын

Greek fire

@ezakustam 4 жыл бұрын

Blind faith.

@Vesnicie Жыл бұрын

What the heck were they drinking in the court of Justinian and where can I get some?

@plummye005 3 жыл бұрын

it's a tragedy you made this video before your channel blew up. Procopius' Secret History is one of the funniest surviving slanders from medieval times.

@Abdulrahman_Hi 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsuYdtGQmNHdp2g.html You're sure about that?

@Dragons_Armory 4 жыл бұрын

Mad Boi really hated the actress- turned Empress doesn't he???

@ewc58 4 жыл бұрын

She did him at the No Tell Motel 👻

@caprikoziol4150 4 жыл бұрын

Spooky!

@cb2291 4 жыл бұрын

2:30 sounds like OCD Compulsions

@florian8599 4 жыл бұрын

If that was true, Ambrosius would have excommunicated him much earlier... And wouldn't have lifted the ban on partaking in the Eucharist...

@sld1776 2 жыл бұрын

Conclusion: belief in demons in human flesh was a folk belief in 6th century Byzantium.

@ambrose788 3 жыл бұрын

100% Accurate

@OstblockLatina 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like classic example of court gossip and primitive slander.

@duxromanorum9861 4 жыл бұрын

based Procopius.

@sanguillotine 4 жыл бұрын

He’s speaking of the man I share name with (kinda)

@cb2291 4 жыл бұрын

sounds like Absence Seizures 1:00

@kma6881 2 жыл бұрын

1:42 is called prosopagnosia. I get that when I get migraines.

@khust2993 4 жыл бұрын

Procopius is the same guy who said that Belisarius is a cuckhold husband right? Man hates his contemporaries so much.

@gostavoadolfos2023 4 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of the arab prophet Du Alhadala who came from the tribe of Al Duce, his slave mom was on a hill and came up with a similar story, he grow up and became the greatest priest of the Kaaba of Al Duce and took it to military glories with his prophecies and schemes then he lost his foresight and told his tribe that greater Prophet in Mecca (Mohammed) he asked them to take him on the top of a sacred hill then through rocks at him and then he self emulated to death.

@Rynewulf 4 жыл бұрын

@DjRawd0g Not necessarily, there were several Jewish and Christian kingdoms and tribes in the Arabian Peninsula for a long time, and there is also a term for pre-Muslim monotheists or that held similar values. There was a surprising amount going on

@gostavoadolfos2023 4 жыл бұрын

@DjRawd0g yes he was pagan but pagans believed in Allah as a major diety.

@atomicb8222 4 жыл бұрын

@@gostavoadolfos2023 Petra is the real Mecca.

@theoldar 4 жыл бұрын

You can't really believe anything in this work by Procopius, but it sure is entertaining!

@DrewPicklesTheDark 3 жыл бұрын

All of the "good" history is by the very same writer, so what is to be believed? All? None? A mix?

@MaskedManatee 2 жыл бұрын

I believe he wrote it (fyi so do historians). I believe for the most part he is speaking truthfully about the corruption and disgusting amount of political intrigue. Obviously, the demon/devil stuff isn't real. So why would he include it? That's the real question that I'd reccommend you'd try to figure out the answer to. I myself think he was added it as a parallel to critizise them both for the monstrous things he claims they did. He didn't necessarily make these up though, he may have believed them himself even. To his account in the secret history ( which he just called Unpublished Writings ) all the annecdotes of Justinian being a demon come from sources of people he knew to be faithful good men. Some of which didn't have a dislike to Justinian even. I'm just throwing my hat in the ring here. I'm no expert

@sld1776 2 жыл бұрын

"Why would he include it?" Because he believed it, almost certainly. We don't believe in demons turned flesh, but they did.

@Abdulrahman_Hi 2 жыл бұрын

Check this out. It's always good to have a different narrative... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsuYdtGQmNHdp2g.html

@bryansylvestrew5024 2 жыл бұрын

wait a minute mother impregnated by a demon in her sleep,him running around headless and sometimes faceless at points causing mischief and then becoming sound of mind... sounds like Justinian was more of a yokai then a demon of the Christian lore o.o 😂.

@a.m.armstrong8354 2 жыл бұрын

Similar to the Life of Alexander The Great, by Plutarch.

@christorres348 3 ай бұрын

Bro sounds like the Antichrist

@klyanadkmorr 10 күн бұрын

Procopius Secret History = Byzantium Q-ANON

@henkymizella6421 4 жыл бұрын

*The Issue of The Justinian Emperor there are Two People who shared ruling in Macedonia! Which Person was the Story referred to: Emperor Justinian I or Emperor Justinian II?

@pancakeofdestiny 3 жыл бұрын

so no head?

@taraevasophea7743 4 жыл бұрын

Or..did she just sold her soul?

@enochrockwell7202 2 жыл бұрын

The national enquirer is nothing new!

@tinkmarshino 4 жыл бұрын

6th century hallucinogens? It just shows people can convince themselves of anything anywhere in time..

@sld1776 2 жыл бұрын

Nooo. Demons were completely real to 6th century Romans, so writing about them isn't extraordinary to Procropius.

@tinkmarshino 2 жыл бұрын

@@sld1776 I was being facetious..

@Abdulrahman_Hi 2 жыл бұрын

Well, demons are (still) real, unless you're a brainwashed atheist ofcourse and you rule out and question everything, including your own existence, which is purely nonsensical😉 Check out this vid about Justinian and Theodora, very interesing kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsuYdtGQmNHdp2g.html

@tinkmarshino 2 жыл бұрын

@@Abdulrahman_Hi so your rude behavior is what? GOD like.. or more demon like..

@Abdulrahman_Hi 2 жыл бұрын

@@tinkmarshino Blunt doesn't equal rude, and I wasn't even blatantly blunt. My reply was a "right back at you" kind of thing. Point stands, that "real" atheists NEED to come to a nihilistic conclusion, one of continuous skepticism and questioning every aspect of existence. Which again is nonsensical and frankly depressing.

@user-zg2sj8qh9q 4 жыл бұрын

Surely a slander and a joke.

@lluvmish Жыл бұрын

So no head?

@louiscachet7681 Жыл бұрын

Justinian knob polishers conference in the comments

@rorrikiller8662 Жыл бұрын

Cringe

@radiack123 4 жыл бұрын

Justinian had a stand then

@dylanchouinard6141 4 жыл бұрын

Justinian’s Stand was Bellisarius, obviously

@johnmanno9701 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!! This is my favorite part of Procopius' history, and demonstrates just what kind of "historian" he was! It also answers to those modern revisionists who deny that there was a "fall" of Rome, or that the Byzantines were somehow "lesser" than Rome at its height. To which I say, compare Procopius' depictions of Justinian and Theodora wandering about the palace sans heads with Tacitus' depictions of the Julio Claudians. Tacitus is like reading an account written by a thoroughly modern, well educated man. Procopius sounds like either an insane lunatic, or someone so superstitious that you simply cannot believe much of what they relate. Such was the legacy of the intellectual effects of economic and cultural collapse, and even that of Christianity.

@Abdulrahman_Hi 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsuYdtGQmNHdp2g.html In his book, he doesn't claim to have witnessed these invidents first hand. But considering how there's a moral decay + sexual degeneracy + corruption, Procopius didn't rule them out. An ex-child prostitute turns into actress+escort turn into empress....what? So much for the Romans to be proud of...

@Tzimiskes3506 2 жыл бұрын

The byzantine weren't lesser than the romans though.. M

@fabulous_finn7810 4 жыл бұрын

This sounds like the Alex Jones of the old Byzantine Empire.

@SandyRiverBlue 3 жыл бұрын

It only takes one quick look at Procopius' likeness to see that he was not a nice man. Unwashed, unhappy and mean-spirited were my first reactions.

@Abdulrahman_Hi 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsuYdtGQmNHdp2g.html

@SandyRiverBlue Жыл бұрын

No. That was an opinion, genius.

@deanbuss1678 4 жыл бұрын

What a crazy reading ! Justinian nearly restored the Roman empire didn't he ?

@MaskedManatee 2 жыл бұрын

Yea, they considered themselves as Romans. However I do think that the Roman Empire was dead spiritually. If you've read secret history you'd know Justinian was incrediably vain about his legacy as emperor and that's the reason he made invading and taking back Rome a goal. But there's no doubt; he could never have restored the Roman empire.

@ludaMerlin69 2 жыл бұрын

His generals did. He then killed the general out of jealousy.

@IbnBahtuta 4 жыл бұрын

Yet another case of accidental "magic" mushrooms ingestion.....just sayin'

@byzantineboi8345 4 жыл бұрын

Poor justinian mostly forgotten from history

@rayhamilton4775 4 жыл бұрын

"Justinian was not the son of Sabathia, nor of any man" me: "okay so im gonna learn the story of justinian being the son of an emperor that got deified or something? this might be neat, thats historically accurate" "a demon came to visit his mother. He was invisible, but--" siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

@Abdulrahman_Hi 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsuYdtGQmNHdp2g.html

@villiestephanov984 4 жыл бұрын

LoL

@sharpshooter33 4 жыл бұрын

So she had sleep paralysis and assumed it was a daemon?

@xyAKMxy 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks doc

@berthold64 4 жыл бұрын

Danke

@cweefy 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, demons huh? Sounds plausible.

@mindofastoic01 Жыл бұрын

First recorded hater in history

@toitoitoy 4 жыл бұрын

Please add subs to your videos

@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

KZfaq auto generates them, and I don't speak fast enough to confused it I don't think

@georget8008 4 жыл бұрын

Procopius was the tabloid of its time. I believe that his writings were extremely popular among the Justinianus' opponents. We may find his writings wierd and irrelevant to today but remember their audience are people almost illiterate and superstitious. The reason of the classic roman and greek ages was long gone....

@lukashuber4419 4 жыл бұрын

.mm mmol

@histguy101 4 жыл бұрын

Procopius was commissioned by Justinian to write his history, and he accompanied Belisarius to Africa. All of his works are positive of Justinian, save this one, which is assumed to be written by Procopius. "The reason of the classic Greek and Roman ages was long gone..." I take it you haven't read the classic Greek and Roman authors...

@olalustig5397 4 жыл бұрын

Such liers

@northeastslingshot1664 4 жыл бұрын

🍄👈👉🥴

@PoletBally 4 жыл бұрын

Fake news, started by the Western Empire media. Justinian had a face that was the handsomest of all emperors, and he most certainly did not collude with the Sassanids in order to gain power.

@theorypractice5162 4 жыл бұрын

First

@doctorpicardnononono7469 4 жыл бұрын

Thirst.

@baggelis_aikaterinis 4 жыл бұрын

As soon as i heard the word byzantium as they claim procopius writen from , i stoped watching , do you think the [ author ] of this would ever call himself or the place he lives byzantium or byzantine ? more so in this time period ? naaaaaaah b %#@shit

@user-so8kx7uj2x 4 жыл бұрын

Because I've read a lot of Procopius because I am working on Belisarius and the riots of Byzantium, I can tell you that Procopius was telling a lot of bullshit on his Anekdota/Secret history. Justinian wasn't the greatest, but for sure he was a clever man.

@Abdulrahman_Hi 2 жыл бұрын

He actually said that about Justinian in his book's introduction: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsuYdtGQmNHdp2g.html Which shows your bias.