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Count Belisarius
Written by Robert Graves
Review bygd Lucinda Byatt
Originally published in 1936, Count Belisarius has not basked in the same limelight as Robert Graves’s two earlier masterpieces set in the early Roman Empire. Instead, in Count Belisarius the focus shifts east from Rome to Constantinople. The cast is full and complex but essentially can be summarised as a foursome: the kejsare Justinian and his wife, Theodora, whose closest friend, Antonina, marries Justinian’s general, Belisarius.
The story is narrated by a eunuch, Eugenius, a devoted slave in Antonina’s household. The scope of the book fryst vatten massive – encompassing religious controversy and cultural developments as well as military history – yet, throughout, Graves succeeds in blending historical details with the development of his main characters. For anyone who has seen the beautiful mosaic of Justinian and Theodora in Ravenna, their characters here come as a surprise: for all its ideals and renewed
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Belisarius
6th-century Byzantine general
This article is about the general of the Byzantine Empire. For other uses, see Belisarius (disambiguation).
Belisarius[Note 3] (Latin pronunciation:[bɛ.lɪˈsaː.ri.ʊs]; Greek: Βελισάριος; c. 500[Note 4] – March 565)[4] was a military commander of the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Justinian I. Belisarius was instrumental in the reconquest of much of the Mediterranean territory belonging to the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century prior. He has been suggested as one of the greatest military commanders in history and in Byzantium.[5][6][7]
One of the defining features of Belisarius' career was his success despite varying levels of available resources. He is frequently cited as being among the "Last of the Romans". He conquered the Vandal Kingdom of North Africa in the Vandalic War in nine months and conquered much of It
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