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	Narses (general under Maurice) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Narses was a Byzantine general active during the reigns of the emperors Maurice and Phocas in the late sixth and early seventh centuries.
		He commanded the army in Mesopotamia under Maurice; when Phocas overthrew Maurice and seized the throne, Narses refused to recognize the usurper.
		Besieged by Phocas' troops in the city of Edessa, Narses called for the Persian emperor Khosrau II to aid him and was rescued by the Persian forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Narses_(general_under_Maurice) (162 words)

	Phocas - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 602, Maurice ordered the Balkan army, then campaigning against the Avars, to winter on the north side of the Danube; the army almost immediately revolted and marched on the capital, with Phocas at its head.
		Maurice fled the city, but was soon captured and killed along with most of his sons; however, Phocas made arrangements for a Christian burial for his dead predecessor.
		He also took advantage of the chaos that Phocas' usurpation had sowed in the Roman military: he came to the aid of Narses, a Roman general who refused to acknowedge the new emperor's authority and who was beseiged by troops loyal to Phocas in Edessa.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Phocas (967 words)

	CHAPTER - STATE OF ITALY UNDER THE LOMBARDS
		Maurice gave audience to a second deputation of priests and senators: the duties and the menaces of religion were forcibly urged in the letters of the Roman pontiff; and his nuncio, the deacon Gregory, was alike qualified to solicit the powers either of heaven or of the earth.
		Under the standard of their new king, the conquerors of Italy withstood three successive invasions, one of which was led by Childebert himself, the last of the Merovingian race who descended from the Alps.
		Under these foreign masters, the business of agriculture, in the cultivation of corn, wines, and olives, was exercised with degenerate skill and industry by the labor of the slaves and natives.
	www.godrules.net /library/gibbon/82gibbon_d7.htm (9770 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 263 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		One of the generals of the emperor Tiberius II.
		Maurice then caused Theodosius to be beaten with rods, on suspicion of aiding his father-in-law to escape.
		Narses, a Roman (or Byzantine) general, having revolted and taken possession of Edessa, Germanus was ordered to besiege the town, and was there defeated and mortally wounded (a.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1371.html (984 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 977 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He intended to put himself at their head, but it was already customary at the court of Constantinople that the emperor should not command in the field, and he consequently gave way to the remonstrances of the senate, and sent Priscus in his stead, who, however, was soon superseded by the emperor's brother Peter.
		He was less successful than was expected, though he was an excellent general, and in 600 the army received a new commander in the person of Comentiolus, that faithless and cowardly intriguer, whose conduct had been so very suspicious in Asia.
		Maurice, moved by avarice, as some say, refused to pay it, and now 12,000 veterans were put to death by their captors.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2085.html (1028 words)

	Chapter Troubles In Persia. of History of The Decline And Fall of The Roman Empire by Gibbon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The martial ardor of Maurice was opposed by the grave flattery of the senate, the timid superstition of the patriarch, and the tears of the empress Constantina; and they all conjured him to devolve on some meaner general the fatigues and perils of a Scythian campaign.
		Under the pretence of receiving the ambassadors of Persia, the emperor returned to Constantinople, exchanged the thoughts of war for those of devotion, and disappointed the public hope by his absence and the choice of his lieutenants.
		The example of her warlike youth was propagated to succeeding generations; and they obtained, from the first or the second Justin, an honorable privilege, that their valor should be always reserved for the defence of their native country.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/1/62/109/25688/8.html (739 words)

	Roman_Byzanitne Military History. - Eidos Forums
		One of the emperor's leading generals, who was later to become emperor himself, Maurice, issued the strategicon, a handbook of the workings of the army of the eastern empire.
		Under the republic the custom was introduced of giving each legion a number, numbers I to IV were reserved specifically for those forces raised by the consuls.
		It generally was applied to entire cohorts and meant that every tenth man, randomly chosen by a draw of lots, was killed by being clubbed or stoned to death by his own comrades.
	forums.eidosgames.com /showthread.php?t=16234 (13858 words)

	brief history of rome - Justinian - world history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Maurice was assassinated by a mutinous general named Phokas, whose rule was considered tyrannical because he persecuted monophysites, which made him a favorite of papal Rome.
		The Persians under Khosru II (590-628), whom Maurice had aided in gaining the throne, had launched an offensive aimed at annihilating the Roman Empire in the east.
		Under Heraclius, the empire was organized into military provinces called themes and even though it might still be formally the Roman Empire--the Seljuks four centuries later still called Constantinople Rome--Heraclius made Greek the official language and he himself adopted the Greek title of basileus.
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	Roman Emperors - DIR Justin II
		It is generally thought that he died in the early years of Justin's reign, perhaps in 568, but that is not necessarily true.
		Narses, learning of the petition, left Rome for Naples,[[28]] where Pope John III followed him and begged him to come back to Rome.
		Under Maurice, emperor from 582 to 602, the Exarchate of Ravenna was organized[[36]] with the Exarch given entire control over civil and military affairs.
	www.roman-emperors.org /justinii.htm (7552 words)

	The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Chapter 46 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In the mean while his general Adarman advanced from Babylon, traversed the desert, passed the Euphrates, insulted the suburbs of Antioch, reduced to ashes the city of Apamea, and laid the spoils of Syria at the feet of his master, whose perseverance in the midst of winter at length subverted the bulwark of the East.
		The offer of a general amnesty, and of the second rank in his kingdom, was answered by an epistle from Bahram, friend of the gods, conqueror of men, and enemy of tyrants, the satrap of satraps, general of the Persian armies, and a prince adorned with the title of eleven virtues.
		A general pardon might have diffused comfort and tranquillity through a country which had been shaken by the late revolutions; yet, before the sanguinary temper of Chosroes is blamed, we should learn whether the Persians had not been accustomed either to dread the rigour, or to despise the weakness, of their sovereign.
	www.ccel.org /g/gibbon/decline/volume2/chap46.htm (14486 words)

	SBU Dept. of History & Political Science: HIS 1113 Lecture Twenty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Under Christian influence, for example, laws became more humane: rather than execute a criminal outright and deprive him of the opportunity to repent of his crime, the law required such punishments as cutting off the nose and ears, the hands and feet, or blinding, etc. Only four divorces were permitted and only three remarriages.
		Maurice put a large army in the territory northwest of Constantinople to attempt to deflect this migrating horde further westward.
		Maurice decided to use the Danube as a deterrent so he decided on the very risky strategy of stationing his armies north of the Danube--in territory that was surely claimed by the Avars.
	www.sbuniv.edu /~hgallatin/hi13le20.html (4699 words)

	J. Teall - The Barbarians in Justinian's Armies
		Under their king Goubazes, the former joined with the Roman commander to constitute a force of 14,000 at the Phasis while "a few" of the latter — the Sabiri — also took part in the Lazic wars.
		It is far from surprising, too, that Narses had to seek out a supplementary force among his faithful Heruli, that the reinforcements John Troglita led to Africa in 546 were pitifully small, that the subsequent tempo of reinforcement in Italy was slow, and the proportion of barbarians high among those who arrived.
		Gilliam, "Plague under Marcus Aurelius," is sceptical of connections among disease, manpower shortages, and military problems during the second century, A.D. During the latter period, however, the disease was not bubonic plague and the sources do not permit the establishment of the close correlations that may be derived from Procopius.
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	SparkNotes: Early Middle Ages (475-1000): Important Terms, People, and Events
		Governors were generals with wide civil-military powers, and their armies were made up of land-granted small-holding peasants, often Balkan Slav transplants.
		Maurice granted his request for aid; new shah had promised Maurice a peace treaty along with restoration to Byzantium of Armenia and eastern Mesopotamia.
		Maurice - · Emperor 582-603, granted Chosroes II's request for promise of peace treaty in exchange for the restoration to Byzantium of Armenia and eastern Mesopotamia.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/european/middle1/terms.html (6649 words)

	The Persian Wars of Heraclius
		Narses was burnt alive in Constantinople after he had gone there to negotiate (he had been promised safety).
		Nicetas captured Alexandria very soon, but when his generals marched on, they were defeated, and for some time the issue was in the balance; but with the help of the population, Bonosos was finally defeated and had to return to Constantinople (Spring 610).
		In general, the troops of the praesental armies seemed to be settled in the big Opsician theme in the relatively secure north-west of Asia Minor.
	www.roman-empire.net /articles/article-012.html (6306 words)

	List of military commanders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		General Belisarius (Byzantine general during the reign of Justinian I)
		Narses (Another great general in service of Justinian I) Mundus (another general under Justinian)
		Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange,Stadtholder, military commander in the Eighty Years' War for the Dutch Republic
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_military_commanders (1674 words)

	The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Chapter 46
		The ambitious Rosamond aspired to reign in the name of her lover; the city and palace of Verona were awed by her power; and a faithful band of her native Gepidae was prepared to applaud the revenge, and to second the wishes, of their sovereign.
		So rapid was the influence of climate and example, that the Lombards of the fourth generation surveyed with curiosity and affright the portraits of their savage forefathers.
		Under his reign, the Arians of Italy and Spain were reconciled to the Catholic church, and the conquest of Britain reflects less glory on the name of Caesar, than on that of Gregory the First.
	www.ccel.org /g/gibbon/decline/volume2/chap45.htm (11136 words)

	- Chapter 8
		The general had no doubt that it was the finest vintage produced by Persia.
		Maurice was the only one in the pavilion who knew Belisarius' secret.
		Not until he and Maurice parted company with the brothers at their tent, and began riding toward the Thracian part of the encampment.
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	History of ITALY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In the 1st century BC Italy is under the control of a single power, Rome, and it will remain so until the 5th century AD.
		The campaign is under the command of Belisarius, hero of the recent African successes.
		A long campaign by a eunuch general, Narses, eventually restores Byzantine control over the entire peninsula but this is not achieved until 562 - less than a decade before the arrival on the Italian scene of yet another Germanic tribe.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=2691&HistoryID=ac52 (1731 words)

	- Chapter 26
		Narses and Ajatasutra remained, standing in the fortified loge on the southeast side of the Hippodrome which was called the kathisma.
		The general told me that one of the worst errors people made when it came to military affairs was to confuse quantity with quality.
		Narses glanced down at the stairs leading from the Hippodrome to the imperial loge.
	www.webscription.net /10.1125/Baen/0671878859/0671878859__26.htm (3672 words)

	Sassanids vs Byzantines \| All Empires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rome's forces, under Emperor Alexander split up into three columns, one which went to Armenia (the left column), one which went to the Euphrates (the right column), and one that stayed in Mesopotamia, led by the emperor himself.
		Yet again in 293, Narses, who succeeded Vahram II, invaded Syria but the Roman general Galerius was eventually able to recapture the lost areas along with Narses’ family.
		When The Byzantine Emperor Maurice, who had placed Parvez on the Persian throne and was a dear friend to Parvez, was murdered and replaced by Phocas as emperor, Parvez declared war on Byzantium in an attempt to get revenge on the usurper.
	www.allempires.com /article/index.php?q=sassanids_byzantines (2714 words)

	The Forum of the 1.Jagdmoroner Abteilung - Nothing New under the Sun
		The great Mongol general Sabotai almost crushed Europe in 1242 were it not for the death of the great khan Ogadai requireing a full withdrawl to elect a new khan.
		The system was was evolved in put in to practice long before the west fell and the process was started by Septimius Severus and finally refined under the reign of Diocletian.
		What I meant to convey was that the idea of the border troops and central reserve was inherited by the Byzantians from the Roman change in strategy in the 3rd and 4th Century BC.
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	The Captains Of Military History - My Compilation - History Forum
		Gunpowder became instrumental in warfar in the late 14th century but it was not generally adapted to civil purposes until the 17th century, when it began to be used in mining.
		With all things considered, such as the innovations of Epaminondas and Gustavus, the tactical brilliance of Hannibal and Narses, the scope of the conquest of Chinggis Khan, the overral greatness in every facet of war of Marlborough, I consider Alexander the Great to be the towering figure of military history.
		His great general Subotai was probably history's greatest grand strategist, as he effectively used one army to screen another's flank, thus co-ordinating multiple armies across multiple mountain ranges.
	www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=3278 (3768 words)

	Photius, Bibliotheca or Myriobiblion (Cod. 1-165, Tr. Freese)
		It is generally clear, dignified, and free from redundancies, although he sometimes employs metaphors that are too bold, almost insipid.
		Anastasius, hearing that Amida was besieged, sent a very large force against the Persians, under four commanders---- Areobindus, master-general of the East (son-in-law of Olybrius, the former emperor of the West), Celer, captain of the imperial household, Patricius the Phrygian, and his own nephew Hypatius.
		Dorotheus, general of Armenia, and Sittas, who was in command of the whole army, joined battle, and although greatly inferior in numbers, defeated the Persians, who thereupon returned home.
	www.tertullian.org /fathers/photius_03bibliotheca.htm (17122 words)

	Byzantine Empire
		Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the
		Narses, he temporarily regained some of the lost Roman provinces in the west, conquering much of Italy, North Africa, and a small area in southern Spain.
		The widespread construction of new rural churches is a strong indication that prosperity was being generated even in remote areas.
	www.vindia.info /b/Byzantine_Empire.asp (8594 words)

	- Chapter 24
		The garments she had been wearing when she and Maurice returned to the villa the night before had already been destroyed.
		Narses was silent, thereafter, until they had reached the sewer and slogged their way down its stinking length for at least two hundred feet.
		With Maurice's help, she clambered into her saddle, suppressing a curse at the awkward weight of the helmet and armor.
	www.webscription.net /10.1125/Baen/0671878859/0671878859__24.htm (3036 words)

	Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Classical era, a time when Egypt was usually under foreign domination, lasted 1166 years, or close to 23%.
		The disciples of Nizar were the founders of the Assassins sect under the leadership of al-Hasan as-Sabbah.
		During the 22nd through 26th dynasties, the cities of Athribis and Heliopolis were under the control of a hereditary princedom, nominally subservient to the Pharaohs.
	www.hostkingdom.net /egypt.html (2776 words)

	State Of Italy Under The Lombards. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		His government was oppressive or unpopular, and the general
		[Footnote 16: The death of Narses is mentioned by Paul, l.
		Cunimund smiled in his fall: his body was buried under the staircase of the
	history-world.org /lombards1.htm (4472 words)

	The Strategikon - A Forgotten Military Classic - Charles C. Petersen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		For it was largely the excellence of the Byzantine Empire's military organization and the sophistication of its art of war that enabled it to withstand assaults from Persians, Avars, Franks, Slavs and Arabs (to name just a few of its enemies) for more than 500 years between the sixth and 11th centuries.
		Often enough the enemy will become used to them, adapt to them, and inflict disaster upon us."(54) For in war, the "line of least expectation" is ever shifting, driven by the independent will of a thinking, reacting opponent, so that a surprise today is always purchased at the risk of a reverse tomorrow.
		Maurice de Saxe, "My Reveries upon the Art of War," in Roots of Strategy: The 5 Greatest Military Classics of all Time, ed.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/strategikon/strategikon.htm (3421 words)

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