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Procopius

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Pro·co·pi·us  (pr-kp-s) fl. sixth century a.d.
Byzantine historian during the reign of Justinian I. He wrote histories of the Persian, Vandal, and Gothic wars and Anecdota, an attack on Justinian.
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Now, in this history of his, Procopius mentions that, during the term of his prefecture at Constantinople, a great sea-monster was captured in the neighboring Propontis, or Sea of Marmora, after having destroyed vessels at intervals in those waters for a period of more than fifty years.
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When the Huns lured the king into the great pit, he flung it away-- Procopius tells the story--nor was it ever found again, though the Emperor Anastasius offered five hundred-weight of gold pieces for it.
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