The term “Judge-Advocate” has been suggested, a legal adviser who had a measure of judicial as well as administrative power. He was commissioned to accompany the famous Belisarius during his command of the army in the East, in the capacity of Counsellor or Assessor: it is not easy to define exactly the meaning of the Greek term, and the functions it embraced. His talents soon attracted attention, and he was promoted to official duties in the service of the State. There he gave lessons in elocution, and acted as counsel in several law-cases. After having for some time practised as a “Rhetorician,” that is, advocate or jurist, in his native land, he seems to have migrated early to Byzantium or Constantinople. THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE COURT OF JUSTINIAN (558 CE) By Procopius of Caesarea PREFACE Procopius, the most important of the Byzantine historians, was born at Caesarea in Palestine towards the beginning of the sixth century of the Christian era.
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