Excerpt from BelisariusIn this light, therefore, Belisarius is here repre sented in every other particular, I have relied upon the faith of history, and 'procopius has been my guide. But I pay no sort of regend to that defamas' tory libel, which, under the title of Anecdotes or Secret History, has been att1ibuted to him. On the contra1y, it appears to me demonstrable, that such an indigested mass of scandal, falsehood, and de traction, could not be his, 'b_ut of some declaimer, avhose honesty and genius were much upon a level'. P'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.