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grbs-15731	Pazdernik, Charles F.	“The Great Emperor”: A Motif in Procopius of Caesarea’s Wars	2016	17	.pdf	application/pdf	6024	229	59	Only then did Gelimer deign to offer a justification of his position (3.9.20–23), in which he had the temerity to address Justinian as one monarch to another: βασιλεὺς Γελίµερ Ἰουστινιανῷ βασιλεῖ, “basileus Gelimer to basileus Justinian” (3.9.20). The Persian shah Khusrau I, Procopius’ Chosroês, is three times addressed in Book 2 of the Wars as “most mighty king” (ὦ κράτιστε βασιλεῦ), a formulation that occurs only in the vocative.10 On the only other occasion on which it appears, Belisarius employs the same expression in a letter to Justinian, pleading for reinforcements, that is otherwise notable for its hyperbolic and sardonic tone (7.12.3): ἀφίγµεθα εἰς τὴν Ἰταλίαν, ὦ βασιλεῦ κράτιστε, ἀνδρῶν τε καὶ ἵππων καὶ ὅπλων καὶ χρηµάτων χωρίς.	cache/grbs-15731.pdf	txt/grbs-15731.txt