Procopius of Caesarea probably retires to Constantinople after Belisarius’ disgrace.

In the Wars, he narrates Justinian's achievements to 553.

In The Buildings, completed two years later, Procopius writes a further paean to Justinian for his public works.

In the posthumously published and highly scurrilous Secret History, Procopius, who dies around 565, claims to reveal information about the emperor's personality and policy that he could not present in the earlier books because he feared the emperor’s wrath.

He alleges that the emperor’s late wife, Theodora, was formerly and actress and a prostitute.