Ἀγαθίας
Agathias
Translated by William Hutton30 Mar 2001Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
A lawyer,1 of Myrina;2 the one who wrote the History as a continuation of Procopius of Caesarea,3 [comprising] the affairs involving Belisarius4 and the events in Italy and Libya; that is the affairs involving Narses5 in Italy and the events in Lazike6 and Byzantion. He also composed other books, both in meter and in prose, including the Daphniaka7 and the Cycle of New Epigrams, which he compiled himself from the poets of his day. He was a contemporary of Paul the Silentiary and of the consul Macedonius and of Tribonian8 in the time of Justinian.9