Belisarius. Flavius Belisarius Belisarius was a military commander of the Byzantine Empire.
He 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 before. One of the defining features of Belisarius' career was his success despite varying levels of available resources.
His name is frequently given as one of the so-called Last of the Romans. Belisarius is considered a military genius, who conquered the Vandal Kingdom of North Africa in the Vandalic War in nine months and much of Italy during the Gothic War.
He defeated the Vandal armies at the battles of Ad Decimum and played an important role at Tricamarum, compelling the Vandal king, Gelimer, to surrender. During the Gothic War, he took Rome and then held out against great odds during the Siege of Rome.
He also won an important battle against the Persians at Dara but was defeated at Callinicum. He successfully repulsed a Hunnish incursion at Melantias. Also known for military deception, he repulsed a Persian invasion by deceiving their commander, and lifting the Siege of Ariminum without a fight. Belisarius was probably born in Germane or Germania, a fortified town of which some archaeological remains still exist, on the site of present-day Sapareva Banya in south-west Bulgaria, within the borders of Thrace and Paeonia, or else in Ge
He 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 before. One of the defining features of Belisarius' career was his success despite varying levels of available resources.
His name is frequently given as one of the so-called Last of the Romans. Belisarius is considered a military genius, who conquered the Vandal Kingdom of North Africa in the Vandalic War in nine months and much of Italy during the Gothic War.
He defeated the Vandal armies at the battles of Ad Decimum and played an important role at Tricamarum, compelling the Vandal king, Gelimer, to surrender. During the Gothic War, he took Rome and then held out against great odds during the Siege of Rome.
He also won an important battle against the Persians at Dara but was defeated at Callinicum. He successfully repulsed a Hunnish incursion at Melantias. Also known for military deception, he repulsed a Persian invasion by deceiving their commander, and lifting the Siege of Ariminum without a fight. Belisarius was probably born in Germane or Germania, a fortified town of which some archaeological remains still exist, on the site of present-day Sapareva Banya in south-west Bulgaria, within the borders of Thrace and Paeonia, or else in Ge
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