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Rediscovery and Publication
- When
- 1623
- Where
- Vatican Library in Rome
Niccolò Alamanni found the Secret History in the Vatican Library in 1623 and published it while omitting explicit chapter 9.
The manuscript was discovered in the Vatican Library in Rome in 1623 by Niccolò Alamanni. He published the text but deliberately omitted chapter 9, which contained explicit material about the early years of Theodora and Justinian.
Sources
- Procopius Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-16
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