Belisarius
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Empires, Dynasties, Byzantine Empire
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, African History
Article abstract: Military significance: Last of the four great generals of antiquity and principal instrument of Justinian I’s recovery of Byzantine territory, Belisarius retook North Africa from the Vandals and began to retake Italy from the Goths.
Belisarius began his career as a member of the bodyguard of Justinian, heir to the Byzantine throne. In 526, he led a raiding party into Persian-ruled Armenia. In 529, Justinian I, now emperor, appointed him army leader of the east and stationed him with an army of 20,000 at Dara on the Persian frontier just as war...
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