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	Belisarius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Belisarius, to the right of Emperor Justinian I, in the mosaic in Ravenna that celebrates the reconquest of Italy, performed by the Byzantine army under the skilful leadership of Belisarius himself.
		Marmontel and the painters and sculptors (a bust of Belisarius by the French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Stouf is at the J.
		Belisarius is also the main character of the Belisarius series in a series of six science fiction novels by Eric Flint and David Drake, an alternate history exploring what might have happened if Belisarius (and a rival) were granted knowledge of future events and technologies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belisarius (2248 words)

	Belisarius series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		To counter this, the other side, crystalline entities, contacts the Byzantine general Belisarius and shows him the vision of the future with Malwa conquering the Byzantine Empire and the world.
		Belisarius must work with imperfect tools, including the suspicious Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and the Empress Theodora, to build an alliance with Byzantium's historical enemy, Persia, the African Kingdom of Aksum and various Indian forces and individuals that remain in opposition to Malwa.
		Belisarius learns of his true enemy, the mysterious entity known as Link, an artificial intelligence that uses human bodies as its interactive device.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belisarius_series (296 words)

	Belisarius
		Belisarius (original Italian title: Belisario) is an opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti.
		Antonina hates her husband because Proclus, the slave of Belisarius, has confessed on his deathbed, that upon command of his master he had exposed her son on the shore of the ocean, thus causing his death.
		Irene congratulates her father, but Antonina has already begun her work of hate, by traducing Belisarius to Justinian, and the innocent man is accused of high treason and thrown into prison on the evidence of his wife.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/be/Belisarius.html (431 words)

	Belisarius - LoveToKnow 1911
		Accordingly, Belisarius invaded Sicily; and, after storming Naples and defending Rome for a year against almost the entire strength of the Goths in Italy, he concluded the war by the capture of Ravenna, and with it of the Gothic king Vitiges.
		Shortly afterwards Belisarius was accused of complicity in a conspiracy against the emperor (562); his fortune was confiscated, and he was confined as a prisoner in his palace.
		The fiction of Belisarius wandering as a blind beggar through the streets of Constantinople, which has been adopted by Marmontel in his Belisaire, and by various painters and poets, is first heard of in the loth century.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Belisarius (605 words)

	CGFA- David: Belisarius
		Belisarius, a general under Justinian, was one of the greatest military commanders of his time and the spearhead of Byzantium's attempts to rebuild the Roman Empire.
		In this painting, Belisarius is begging for alms at the foot of a monument redolent of military triumph.
		The bright white of the child's clothing and the somber tone of the woman's cloak are highlighted in homage to the purity of these two figures, while the face of Belisarius seems to be enshrouded by a gray nimbus, and the soldier seems frozen in a shadowy vigil.
	gd.tuwien.ac.at /art/cgfa/jdavid/s-jdavid22.htm (549 words)

	The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire chapter 41
		But the fame of Belisarius was not sullied by a defeat, in which he alone had saved his army from the consequences of their own rashness: the approach of peace relieved him from the guard of the eastern frontier, and his conduct in the sedition of Constantinople amply discharged his obligations to the emperor.
		Belisarius fixed his residence in the palace; seated himself on the throne of Genseric; accepted and distributed the Barbaric spoil; granted their lives to the suppliant Vandals; and labored to repair the damage which the suburb of Mandracium had sustained in the preceding night.
		Belisarius introduced his ships into the deepest recess of the harbour; their boats were laboriously hoisted with ropes and pulleys to the top-mast head, and he filled them with archers, who, from that superior station, commanded the ramparts of the city.
	www.ccel.org /g/gibbon/decline/volume2/chap41.htm (18008 words)

	BookRags: Belisarius Biography
		Originally from the Balkans, Belisarius rose to prominence in the imperial bodyguard and was advanced to high military command while still in his 20s.
		Although Belisarius seems never to have been disloyal, Justinian was always fearful that so popular a commander might attempt to seize the throne, and he was always receptive to slanders circulated by the general's enemies.
		Belisarius remained inactive until 559, when an attack by an marauding force of Huns threatened the capital, and the frightened Justinian called him out of retirement.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/belisarius (517 words)

	Belisarius, Flavius
		Belisarius thought the deal was way too generous, and while he presented it to the Ostrogoths, he refused to endorse it.
		Belisarius was loyal to the Emperor, but he pretended to agree to take the crown.
		Belisarius was the general who allowed Justinian I to reunite much of the Roman Empire, spread his Code of Justinian, and his support for Christianity.
	www.hyperhistory.net /apwh/bios/b2belisarius.htm (1117 words)

	Belisarius
		In reward for these services Belisarius was invested with the consular dignity, and medals were struck in his honor.
		The fiction of Belisarius wandering as a blind beggar through the streets of Constantinople, which has been adopted by Marmontel in his Bélisaire, and by various painters and poets, is first heard of in the 10th century.
		He was merciful as a conqueror, stern as a disciplinarian, enterprising and wary as a general; while his courage, loyalty and forbearance seem to have been almost unsullied.
	www.nndb.com /people/918/000094636 (578 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Military History \| Gothic War: Byzantine Count Belisarius Retakes Rome
		Belisarius had taken the city back as part of Emperor Justinian's grand plan to recover the western provinces from their barbarian rulers.
		The 5,000 soldiers that General Belisarius led included Hunnish and Moorish auxiliaries, and they were expected to defend circuit walls 12 miles in diameter against an enemy who would soon be back--and who would outnumber them at least 10-to-1.
		For Belisarius' small army, the struggle for Rome required tactics that involved horsemen striking swiftly from walled cities much as the knights of a later age would do.
	www.historynet.com /mh/blbelisarius (1176 words)

	GBoH Belisarius at Bay Module
		Belisarius, with a combination of luck and cleverness, succeeded in repulsing the gothic assaults and in some valiant sallies out of Rome's walls.
		Belisarius assented with some preoccupation, due to the great numerical disparity between his army and the one of Vitiges.
		The Byzantines under Belisarius were collapsing in front of the solid and numerous enemy forces, and then they began to retreat; the Gothic right wing then charged and routed the Byzantine horsemen, who retreated behind the infantry.
	patriot.net /~townsend/GBoH/Modules/gboh-belisariusatbay-module.html (1331 words)

	Alibris: Belisarius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In the triumphant conclusion of the Belisarius saga, the Malwa and their evil have been driven back to their heartland, but there they coil to strike again.
		Belisarius, the greatest general of his age, faces armies and assassins.
		Belisarius suffered from no illusions; he knew the Goths would soon be back in force to lay siege to the city.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Belisarius (466 words)

	Belisarius: The First Shall Be Last
		But unbeknownst to all, in that same year was born Belisarius, the greatest Roman general of them all.
		Belisarius: The First Shall Be Last is a historical novel that recreates the early life of this amazing hero.
		Belisarius: The First Shall Be Last is book one of a trilogy of novels.
	www.arxpub.com /literary/Belisarius.html (411 words)

	BelisariusShip1794 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Belisarius was a large merchantman for her day, built by Enos Briggs at his shipyard at Stage Point in the South Fields.
		The speed of the "Belisarius" was comparable to that of the modern clipper, although her build was very different.
		After successful voyaging in the India trade for eight years and after bringing home wealth to her owners, the ship Belisarius, went to pieces in a gale in the Bay of Tunis in April, 1810, but the crew and cargo was saved.
	www.sevenoceans.com /Ships/ShipsByName/BelisariusShip1794.htm (598 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Belisarius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Belisarius BELISARIUS [Belisarius], c.505-565, Byzantine general under Justinian I.
		He accompanied Belisarius on his campaigns as his secretary, and later he commanded the imperial navy and served (562) as prefect of Constantinople.
		Belisarius, the Byzantine commander, recovered Rome in 547 but was recalled in the
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/01294.html (575 words)

	Kitbashed Starships
		Time Period: between Star Treks I and II Boasting the most formidable armament of her time, Belisarius mounts no less than four megaphaser cannon on the primary hull, with enough reserve reactor power to fire all four in salvo.
		Belisarius has just crippled the B'Rel class IKS B'iNla D'iN with a careful shot from her standard phasers, and is forced into a double-play -- the sudden decloaking of the full-sized K'Tinga-Class battle-cruiser GhuiLj 'Iw has forced Captain Zappas to abandon subtley and go for the certain kill.
		Belisarius pulls alongside IKS Botlh NItlh, a haze of escaping atmosphere enshrouding the Klingon cruiser, to rescue survivors in the aftermath of another border incident near the Klingon Neutral Zone.
	members.fortunecity.com /jpayne/trekpage_belisarius.html (442 words)

	The Empire Strikes Back (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In a five year campaign, Belisarius moved his forces northward through Naples and Rome, finally capturing the Ostrogoth king at Ravenna and once again bringing all of Italy under the rule of the Eastern Roman Empire.
		Belisarius was dispatched to Italy again in 544.
		Despite having only a small and inadequate force, Belisarius kept the barbarians in check until 549, when he was withdrawn to Constantinople.
	www.boglewood.com /sicily/empirereturns.html (208 words)

	MOD:WCU:BelisariusGroup - VsWiki
		Their goal is to stage a military coup, replacing the post-Battle of Earth civilian government which they view as ineffective (in fact, they were also concerned at the prospect of losing the power they had accumulated should there be peace).
		In truth, the Belisarius Group is only a distraction, created as a cover for an even more sinister conspiracy seeking to use the Genetic Enhancement Program to forcibly prepare humanity for the next war.
		Although he may have initially opposed the Belisarius Group, it is also possible that he agrees to participate in the planm aware that mankind is not ready to fight the Nephilim.
	vegastrike.sourceforge.net /wiki/MOD:WCU:BelisariusGroup (1193 words)

	Belisarius /2000-01
		Flavius Belisarius (505-565) Belisarius was one of the greatest generals of the Byzantine Empire and one of the greatest generals in history.
		Although most modern scholars believe the story to be apocryphal, after the publication of Jean-François Marmontel 's novel Bélisaire (1767), this account became a popular subject for progressive painters and their patrons in the later 18th century, who saw parallels between the actions of Justinian and the repression imposed by contemporary rulers.
		The Belisarius series is a continuation of the theme, perpetuated by the myth, that Belisarius’ eyes were put out and he was left blind.
	danramirez.net /_wsn/page8.html (217 words)

	Belisarius - Jacques-Louis David (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The subject he chose belonged to the sentimental genre of which his age was so fond and thus like his Saint Roch can be considered a transitional work.
		The theme is surely the awsome power of tyranny, but in typical neo-classical form, the faces are very noble--those of the woman, the child, and the old man are particularly beautiful--and personify different spiritual aspects of grandeur.
		Diderot wrote: "This young artist shows the grand manner in the way he has carried out his work; he has soul, his heads have expression without affectation, his attitudes are noble and natural, he draws, he knows how to cast a drapery and paint beautiful folds.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/neocl_dav_belis.html (402 words)

	Amazon.com: Count Belisarius: Books: Robert Graves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The relation between Belisarius' wife and the Empress Theodora seems to have the most depth in the story because of their unique relationship when they were younger.
		With Belisarius, however, Graves did not have to be nearly as "creative" as with Claudius, since the details of Belasarius' life are more concrete.
		For the most part, I see in Belisarius a character whose fate was not too different than that of Claudius, or at least his brother Germanicus.
	www.amazon.com /Count-Belisarius-Robert-Graves/dp/084824253X (1920 words)

	Belisarius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Belisarius was Commander-in-Chief of the Byzantine forces during the reign of Emperor Justinian.
		He was left without support however, and his rival general Narses (who rebelled against Belisarius' leadership in the earlier Italian campaigns) arrived in Italy with his own forces, and command was transfered.
		After a 10 year retirement, Belisarius came back to Byzantium to repel a Bulgarian invasion that threatened the capital.
	www.ghg.net /shetler/oldimp/119.html (138 words)

	Procopius on the conquests of Belisarius
		And Archelaus was also sent, a man of patrician standing who had already been pretorian prefect both in Byzantium and in Illyrium, but he then held the position of prefect of the army; for thus the officer charged with the maintenance of the army is designated.
		But as general with supreme authority over all the emperor sent Belisarius, who was in command of the troops of the East for the second time.
		Now Belisarius was a native of Germania, which lies between Thrace and lllyrium.
	www.richmond.edu /~wstevens/history331texts/belis.html (1755 words)

	Belisarius (Getty Museum) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Belisarius was a popular Byzantine general of the Roman Empire whose promising career was sabotaged by the jealous Emperor Justinian I. In 1767, a novel by Jean-François Marmontel revived interest in Belisarius.
		While Belisarius was typically depicted in the act of begging, Gérard shows him standing and erect, his muscular form in sharp contrast to his guide's weakening body.
		The prominent helmet hanging from Belisarius's belt emphasizes the general's heroic past and underscores the injustice of his fall from favor.
	www.getty.edu /art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=258079 (292 words)

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