# What Historical Truth vs. Propaganda means in The Secret History

> Procopius frames his work as a corrective to his earlier official histories, revealing the hidden motives and true events that were suppressed during the reign of Justinian and Theodora.

## Explanation

Procopius frames his work as a corrective to his earlier official histories, revealing the hidden motives and true events that were suppressed during the reign of Justinian and Theodora.

Procopius contrasts his earlier public chronicle with this secret history, emphasizing the need to reveal what really happened behind the official narrative.

Historical Truth vs. Propaganda is one of the patterns The Secret History by Procopius returns to. The chapter notes above are from this edition’s companions — open those chapters to see how the book stages the idea rather than treating the theme as a slogan.

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