Hughes, who has written widely on the late Roman Army, including Aetius: Attila's Nemesis, gives us an excellent life and times of Flavius Belisarius (c. AD 505-5 65), the Emperor Justinian’s great ...

“For not by numbers of men, nor by measure of body, but by measure of soul is the war to be decided.” ~Flavius Belisarius What was so special about Belisarius was that he accepted the bargain. Doing ...

In the 6th century AD, during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the Roman Empire experienced an extraordinary resurgence, reconquering lands - including Italy, North Africa and Rome itself - that had ...

I entrusted the care of arms to my Belisarius, and so favorable did the divine hand show itself to him that it gave me the security to live peacefully. These words, which Dante Alighieri places in the ...

In the 6th century AD, during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the Roman Empire experienced an extraordinary resurgence, reconquering lands - including Italy, North Africa and Rome itself - that had ...

The Arch of Titus in Rome, erected shortly after the death of Titus who reigned as emperor from 79 to 81, clearly depicts Roman soldiers bearing on their shoulders the golden candelabrum, silver ...