东罗马史学家普罗柯比并非将哥特人一概斥为蛮族,他对哥特人的态度有着复杂的两面性。他描写了部分哥特领袖的高贵品格和智慧,赞赏哥特统治者的罗马化政策,抨击和鄙夷哥特人的传统文化,在他们的统治下,哥特人犹如高贵的野蛮人。普罗柯比深受古典史学的熏陶,一方面他实事求是并坚持罗马文化的优越性,另一方面又坚持历史批判主义思想;其行笔之处,既有对宦途不顺的宣泄,又有政治与道德理想的寄托。 The Eastern Roman historian Prokopi did not categorize the Goths as barbarians, and his attitude towards the Goths was complex. He portrayed the noble character and wisdom of some of the Gothic leaders, praised the Gothic rulers’ romanization policy, denounced and vilified the Gothic traditions, and the Gothenites were noble barbarians under their rule. Prokopi deeply influenced by classical history, on the one hand, he seek truth from facts and adhere to the superiority of Roman culture, on the other hand, adhere to the criticism of the history of criticism; And the moral ideal of sustenance.