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Posted: 3/31/2017 12:36:43 PM EDT
I've recently finished a podcast about the Roman Emperor Justinian, and one of the events covered during his early days as ruler was the Nika Revolt in Constantinople.

Any good source I can find to study more about this?
Link Posted: 4/1/2017 8:05:31 AM EDT
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A good starting place might be the byzantine historian Procopius. He was a contemporary of Justinian and apparently an eyewitness to the revolt. His Wars of Justinian cover the Nika revolts. In his other book The Secret History of the Court of Justinian he goes into some detail on the various factions. I haven't listened to any podcast about the subject so I don't know if there is any new information in his writings beyond what was presented but hopefully it helps. One caveat though is the source is a bit biased. Procopius seemed to loathe Justinian and Theodora.

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Link Posted: 4/1/2017 11:40:04 AM EDT
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A good starting place might be the byzantine historian Procopius. He was a contemporary of Justinian and apparently an eyewitness to the revolt. His Wars of Justinian cover the Nika revolts. In his other book The Secret History of the Court of Justinian he goes into some detail on the various factions. I haven't listened to any podcast about the subject so I don't know if there is any new information in his writings beyond what was presented but hopefully it helps. One caveat though is the source is a bit biased. Procopius seemed to loathe Justinian and Theodora.

Procopius Wiki

Nika Revolt

The Blue Faction

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I've heard of him, but people seem to doubt the authenticity of Secret History, as it was conveniently discovered by a 16th Century monk in the Vatican, about 1,000 years after those events had past.

And if Secret History is true, he seems to have hated everyone apart from Narceses. He even calls Belisarius a cuckold.
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