10. procopius - buildings
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Procopius Buildings of Justinian (Greek: Περί Κτισμάτων, Latin: De Aedificiis, "On Buildings") is a panegyric on Justinian's building activity in the empire.The first book may date to before the collapse of the first dome of Hagia Sophia in 557, but some scholars think that it is possible that the work postdates the building of the bridge over the Sangarius in the late 550s. The Peri ktismaton (or De Aedificiis) tells us nothing further about Belisarius, but it takes a sharply different attitude towards Justinian. He is presented as an idealised Christian emperor who built churches for the glory of God and defenses for the safety of his subjects and who showed particular concern for the water supply. He built new aqueducts as well as restoring those that had fallen into disuse.Historians consider Buildings to be an incomplete work, due to evidence of the surviving version being a draft with two possible redactions.