The last notable historian of the ancient world, Procopius (c. 500-c. 560), renown for his history of the wars of Justinian, having accompanied the great general Belisarius on many campaigns, and also ...

St Procopius' Basilica, built as part of the Benedictine monastery ... of Jewish and Christian communities and cultures from the Middle Ages up to World War II. The Jewish Quarter grew spontaneously ...