Flavius[c] Belisarius (Latin pronunciation: [bɛ.lɪˈsaː.ri.ʊs]; Greek: Βελισάριος; c. 500[d] – March 565) [6] 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 is considered ...
Belisarius, Byzantine general, the leading military figure in the age of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (527–565). As one of the last important figures in the Roman military tradition, he led imperial armies against the Sasanian empire (Persia) and the Vandal kingdom of North Africa, among others.
Thanks to the works of the ancient writer Procopius, Flavius Belisarius is the best recorded military commander of his era. At the time of his birth, around the year 500, the Roman Empire had changed. The Western half of the Empire had disintegrated and been conquered by a number of ‘Germanic’ tribes. Most notably for the career of Belisarius, the Vandals had crossed the Straits of ...
Discover Belisarius, the military genius who reconquered Rome, Africa, and Italy for the Byzantine Empire with a tiny elite force of horse archers.
Belisarius is considered one of the most remarkable military commanders in history. He was a man who commanded the army and fought to restore the glory of Rome when most of the empire was already gone. Serving under Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century, he won battles from the deserts of Persia to the plains of Italy. He crushed enemies far stronger in number, yet died without the wealth or ...
Flavius Belisarius was a prominent military commander in the Byzantine Empire, most notably under the reign of Emperor Justinian I (Justinian the Great). His challenging military campaigns, loyalty to the emperor and the empire, as well as his intelligence earned him the reputation of being one of the best Roman generals in history. It’s no surprise that many historians describe him as a ...
Belisarius (Flavius Belisarius) 505–565 Belisarius was one of the greatest military leaders of the Late Roman Empire, and one of the last to thoroughly exemplify the classic Roman military virtues. He succeeded in reconquering much of the territory that had been lost by the Western Empire during the previous century, and for a time it seemed that the Roman Empire might be re-established ...