Agathias

Agathias was a Byzantine historian and poet of the 6th century, born at Myrina in Asia Minor and trained as a lawyer in Constantinople. His Histories continue Procopius's account of Justinian's reign for the years 552 to 559, covering the wars in Italy and Lazica and the Kutrigur invasion. He also compiled an anthology of epigrams, the Cycle, later absorbed into the Greek Anthology.