BELISARIUS

bĕlĭsârˈēəs, c.505–565, Byzantine general under Justinian I. After helping to suppress (532) the dangerous Nika riot (see Blues and Greens), he defeated (533–34) the Vandals of Africa, and captured their king. In 535 he was given command of the expedition to recover Italy from the Ostrogoths. He took Naples and Rome (536) and, after some delays occasioned by a conflict of authority with Narses, captured Milan and Ravenna (540). He fought an indecisive campaign (541–42) against Khosrow I of Persia, and in 544 was sent back to Italy against the Goths led by Totila. Handicapped by Justinian's jealousy and distrust, he could do little more than hold his enemies in check; he was recalled in 548 and replaced by Narses. In 559 he emerged from retirement to drive the Bulgarians from Constantinople. He was accused (562) of a conspiracy and temporarily imprisoned but was shortly restored to favor. He was largely responsible for the great expansion of the Eastern Empire under Justinian.

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The Age of Justinian: The Circumstances of Imperial Power
Book by J. A.S. Evans; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History--Justinian I, 527-565, Greece--History--323-1453
...it I gave myself without delay. To my Belisarius I left my spear and Gods right hand...one won by his best-known general, Belisarius, over the Persians at Data on the eastern...put together by Justinians general, Belisarius. Justinian had, it seems, left the wall...
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Constantinople: Birth of an Empire
Book by Harold Lamb; Alfred A. Knopf, 1957
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History--Justinian I, 527-565, Justinian--I--Emperor Of The East--483?-565
...89 Belisarius Obeys Orders 95...165 Belisarius and the Romans 165...205 Belisarius Disobeys an Order 205...
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History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian - Vol. 2
Book by J. B. Bury; Dover Publications, 1958
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History, Rome--History--Empire, 284-476
...3. Return of Belisarius to Italy A.D. 544, summer...Siege of Rossano; and Recall of Belisarius A.D. 547-549 244 6. Third Siege...Athanasius married Joannina, daughter of Belisarius. Procopius, H.A. iv.37; John...
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Strategy
Book by B. Henry Liddell Hart; Praeger, 1954
Subjects: Military History, Strategy
...IV. BYZANTINE WARS--BELISARIUS AND NARSES 59...while suffering no harm oneself. BELISARIUS By indirections find directions out...sometimes much profit, as in the case of Belisarius and later generals of the Byzantine...
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The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars
Book by Geoffrey Greatrex, Samuel N. C. Lieu; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--Foreign Relations--527-1081, Byzantine Empire--Foreign Relations--Rome--To 527, Byzantine Empire--History--To 527, Italy--History--476-774, Rome--Foreign Relations--Byzantine Empire--284-476, Rome--History--Empire, 284-476
...sixth century) Greek historian of the reign of Justinian. A native of Caesarea (Palestine), he was military secretary to Belisarius and eyewitness to many of his campaigns. Quodvultdeus (died c.453) Bishop of Carthage, correspondent of Augustine and probable...
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Delacroix and Sculpture
Journal article by Michele Hannoosh; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Vol. 35, 2006
Subjects: Artists, French--Criticism and interpretation, Artists, French--Works, Delacroix, Eugene--Criticism and interpretation, Delacroix, Eugene--Works, French artists--Criticism and interpretation, French artists--Works, Modern painting--Criticism and interpretation, Modern sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, Painting, Modern--Criticism and interpretation, Sculpture, Modern--Criticism and interpretation
...emotional charge. His discussion of Gerards Belisarius provides an illuminating example. While...round the leg of the young guide whom Belisarius carries. It makes the viewer realize... <br/ Delacroix analyzes Davids Belisarius in this light, contrasting it with Gerards...
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The Collapse of a Collegial Church: North African Christianity on the Eve of Islam
Journal article by Maureen A. Tilley; Theological Studies, Vol. 62, 2001
Subjects: Christianity--Northern Africa, Civilization, Christian--History, Northern Africa--Religion
...after the liberation of the city by Belisarius in 533, a span of 94 years, the city...Byzantine dominance in Africa under Belisarius, one would think that the North African...the Three Chapters. In 537 at Rome Belisarius had enforced Justinians will by deposing...
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Discovery and the Domestic Affections in Coleridge and Shelley
Journal article by Michelle Levy; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 44, 2004
Subjects: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor--Criticism and interpretation, Coleridge, Samuel Taylor--Influence, English romanticism, 1798-1832--Criticism and interpretation, Frankenstein (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Gothic literature--Criticism and interpretation, Shelley, Mary--Criticism and interpretation, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Poem)--Influence
...Robinson Crusoe and The Arabian Nights Entertainments, he also read "Belisarius" and "Philip Quarle" (1:347). Coleridge likely read a version of Jean Francois Marmontels Belisarius, a history of the Byzantine general under Justinian I (ca. AD 505-65...
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Tasso's God: Divine Action in Gerusalemme Liberata *
Journal article by Tobias Gregory; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 55, 2002
Subjects: Christianity and literature--Criticism and interpretation, Christianity--Criticism and interpretation, Epic poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Epics--Criticism and interpretation, Gerusalemme Liberata (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Literature--Criticism and interpretation, Poetic techniques--Criticism and interpretation, Poetics--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Tasso--Criticism and interpretation
...in 1547, Trissinos epic on the sixth-century Roman general Belisarius wars against the Goths features a neo-Homeric heaven in which...with the secondary Olympians. Over the course of the poem Belisarius campaigns proceed back and forth across Italy, with alternating...
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Amalasuntha, Procopius, and a Woman's Place
Journal article by A. Daniel Frankforter; Journal of Women's History, Vol. 8, 1996
Subjects: Women--History
...September of 533 Justinians general, Belisarius, advanced on the Vandal capital at Carthage...surrender Sicily, which, thanks to Belisariuss recent occupation of Syracuse, was...Theodahad were thoroughly "confused." Belisarius bribed Theodahads son-in-law, Ebrimous...
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From Rococo to Revolution - French Art from Lille
Magazine article by Muriel Julius; Contemporary Review, Vol. 262, June 1993
Subjects: Art, French--Exhibitions, National Gallery (United Kingdom)--Exhibitions
...Davids return to France in 1781 his Belisarius had a triumphant reception. This early...action is perfectly displayed. The Belisarius cannot compare in power to his The Oath...domain of universal tragedy. Indeed his Belisarius comes dangerously close to the affecting...
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St Mark's Square: An Imperial Hippodrome? Charles Freeman Offers a New Theory to Explain the Positioning in Venice of the Famous Horses Looted from Constantinople Eight Hundred Years Ago This Month
Magazine article by Charles Freeman; History Today, Vol. 54, April 2004
Subjects: Art--13th century AD, Art--History, Dandolo, Enrico, Late Byzantine Empire, 1025-1453--13th century AD, Late Byzantine Empire, 1025-1453--History, Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy--History, Venice, Italy--History
...the same hippodrome that the emperor received his commander Belisarius with his booty and prisoners after the latters victories in...the empress Theodora who stiffened Justinians resolve and Belisarius was sent in to massacre the rioters. Added to the fear of...
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Romance and Rebellion: The Most Expressive and Wild-Tempered Artist of His Generation, Girodet Was Commissioned by Some of the Biggest Names in France, and Gave Free Rein to His Imagination in Executing an Impressive Array of Brilliant Paintings
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 135, January 2007
Subjects: Painting (Art)--Criticism and interpretation, Painting--Criticism and interpretation, Rebellion--Portrayals, Romantic love--Portrayals, Roussy, Anne-Louis Girodet De--Works
...the "Death of Socrates." Copies of successful paintings were entrusted to students. Thus, Fabre painted a small version of "Belisarius Recognized by a Soldier" and Girodet a version of the "Oath of the Horatii." Jean-Baptiste Colbert created the French Academy...
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How Col. John Boyd Beat the Generals; He Was First to Codify Air-to-Air Combat Techniques, and His Ideas Now Have Become Standard Operating Procedure for Air Forces and Ground Combat Worldwide
Magazine article by Martin Edwin Andersen; Insight on the News, Vol. 18, September 2, 2002
Subjects: Boyd, John--Military policy, United States--Military policy
...Boyd set upon a dervish-paced study of warfare from the beginning of time, engaging historys strategists such as Hannibal, Belisarius, Genghis Khan and von Clausewitz as if in a dogfight, probing the perimeters of their thought to "find the six" (identify...
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The Complete Roman Army
Magazine article by Susanna Shadrake; History Today, Vol. 53, November 2003
Subjects: In the Name of Rome (Book)--Reviews, The Complete Roman Army (Book)--Reviews
...episodes in the campaigns of outstanding Roman commanders, such as Scipio Africanus, Marius, Pompey, Caesar, Titus, Corbulo, Belisarius--from the Republic to the sixth century AD. With refreshing candour, he admits that the appearance of Julian the Apostate...
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Luxury Breaks for Literary Brains. Books: Tired of Turkey and TV Repeats? Revive Your Brain Cells with Our Quiz, Set by Quizmaster MARCUS BERKMANN, and Win Yourself a Luxury UK Weekend Break
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 29, 2006
...Sherstons Progress (1936) 6 Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Dog (1940) 7 I Claudius (1934), Claudius The God (1935) and Count Belisarius (1938), among many others. 8 The Backward Son (1940) and The Temple (1988) 9 Roundabout Way (under a pseudonym, 1932) 10 Desperate...
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A Wonderful Send-Off; Spiritual: Stevie Wonder Sings during Luther Vandross's Funeral at the Riverside Church (Inset)
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 7, 2008
Subjects: Riverside Church, Vandross, Luther, Wonder, Stevie
...establish Roman culture throughout his realm, particularly in Palermo, but Ostrogoth hegemony was short-lived and General Belisarius recaptured the city on behalf of the Eastern Roman Empire, under Emperor Justinian I, in AD 536. It remained under Byzantine...
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William J. Gill, 81, Journalist, Lecturer
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 16, 2003
...however, and he moved to the District for good in the early 1980s, relocating his bookshop to Georgetown and christening it Belisarius Books after a character in a Robert Graves novel. Survivors include his wife, Mechtild, the countess von Podewils, of the...
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Licentious in Byzantium?
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 13, 2004
...have flourished: Syrian Monophysite legends, the various Western medieval versions, and that of Robert Graves in his Count Belisarius (1938). "In the Byzantine Middle Ages there were numerous folk tales about a house of Empress Theodora in Constantinople...
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A Wonderful Send-Off; Spiritual: Stevie Wonder Sings during Luther Vandrosss Funeral at the Riverside Church (Inset)
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 7, 2008
Subjects: Wonder, Stevie
...establish Roman culture throughout his realm, particularly in Palermo, but Ostrogoth hegemony was short-lived and General Belisarius recaptured the city on behalf of the Eastern Roman Empire, under Emperor Justinian I, in AD 536. It remained under Byzantine...


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encyclopedia articles on: Belisarius  - 15 results

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Belisarius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BELISARIUS belisar e s, c.505 565, Byzantine general under Justinian I . After helping to suppress (532) the dangerous Nika riot (see...
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Procopius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Byzantine historian, b. Caesarea in Palestine. He accompanied Belisarius on his campaigns as his secretary, and later he commanded...marred by his violent personal prejudices, e.g., in favor of Belisarius and against Empress Theodora. See study by J. A. S. Evans...
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Narses
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...allegiance to Justinian I . In 538 he was sent to Italy to cooperate with Belisarius ; their dissensions delayed the campaign, and he was recalled. After the recall of Belisarius, Narses returned to Italy and completed the conquest, defeating (552...
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Totila
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Byzantines at Faenza and Mugello (542) and by taking Naples (543) and Rome (546), he became master of central and S Italy. Belisarius , the Byzantine commander, recovered Rome in 547 but was recalled in the following year. Rome again fell in 550 and left only...
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Blues and Greens
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in the Nika revolt against Emperor Justinian I and Empress Theodora . However, Theodoras resolute stand and the aid of Belisarius and Narses ended the revolt. The factions continued to oppose each other into the 7th cent., but by the 9th cent. they had...
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