Belisarius

Flavius Belisarius (505-565 CE), a Byzantine general under Justinian I, succeeded in winning countless victories and notably expanded and defended the Byzantine Empire. Despite the fact that he was a successful, advanced leader, Belisarius tragically ended his life shunned from the public. Flavius Belisarius was born in Germania, Illyria in 505 CE. Very little is known about his ethnic background, but some historians say he was of Slavic background (Barker 1). He was assigned under Justinian's

The Empress Theodora and Justinian The birth of an eastern circus woman attracted no attention at all in mid-millennium year 500. No one could ever imagine that this baby would grow up to be one of the most remarkable women in history of the World. She was the daughter of the bear keeper, a public performer,wife of Justinian, Empress of the Byzantine Empire and a natural beauty whose name became the one name in the voluminous annals of the Byzantine empire known to almost everyone; Theodora. Once

Theodora was the Empress of the Byzantine Empire from 527, when she was crowned, until her death in 548. Procopius was the appointed historian to record what was happening in the Empire, but mostly to focus on Theodora and Justinian. The Secret History was written by Procopius, but not published in the West until about a millennium after it was written. As it was ‘a venomous pamphlet of dubious merit’, The Secret History is hardly a reliable historical source. It criticises Justinian and Theodora

Theodora of Constantinople Kristi Moore History 111 Professor Brian Carey American Military University October 12, 2014 Identify one important historical personality studied in this class through Week 6 and describe three ways this person shaped the age in which he/she lived in. Theodora of Constantinople Throughout history, there had been many people who had made an impact on the world and society in which they had lived. Many had impacted military strategies and political thinking

Plaid Jungfrau, also known as Heidi Athena Gunnarsen, was among the many Volksryanischen who existed beyond the reaches of the Greater American Catholic School System, and the clergymen who controlled it. Far from being a fringe group of lonesome Roman Catholics, the Volksryanischen had always tried to carve out a new existence for them, despite not being part of the Greater American Catholic School System. Standing at a height of 5’6, which happens to be the exact same height as the Wise Man, the

Justinian led the Byzantine empire into the Byzantines golden age by conquering western sections of the western roman empire with his one greatest general Belisarius, collected taxes better and more efficiently than ever before and rebuilding Byzantium better than it was before after the Nika riots. (Expand) The Eastern Byzantine empire was created when Diocletian split the empire into two halves, giving rule to his good drinking buddy, Maximian. He created a government system to prolong the inevitable

Procopius’ first and most obvious source of bias is in his distaste of Theodora. Dedicating four chapters of The Secret History to the bashing of her image, she is made out to be a degenerate, immoral whore who hated everyone. Consider the following quote (Source 2 page 643): “…Theodora…rose to royal dignity over all obstacles. For no thought of shame came to Justinian in marrying her, though he might have taken his pick of the noblest born…Instead, he preferred to make his own [unique decision]…

depleted (Evans, 223). He criticizes his disregard for the death of people and the destruction of towns, cities, and villages, which demonstrates how he must have felt disheartened and angry when Antioch was destroyed. It signifies how his time with Belisarius and watching the death of people as well as the destruction of homes disheartened him, making him more enraged at Justinian. The Secret History may be written to expose Justinian and Theodora for their lies, but his efforts reveal who he truly is

fleet of 100,000 men and had been totally destroyed. Now Belisarius would have to do what a hundred thousand men had failed to do with his force of only 16,000. However, through a combination of luck and carefully calculated revolts Belisarius and his force were able to slip through and make a beachhead and from there they took back most of their previous holdings in the area coming as liberators, not conquerors. For his actions, Belisarius was given a triumph an honor that had not been given to a

Classical Roman Empire. He built the city of Ravenna to be the temporary capital of Italy and filled it with artistic wonders. Many Byzantine mosaics still adorn the city today. Justinian was only able to capture all of this land because of Belisarius. Belisarius was Justinian’s top general and friend. He was a brilliant tactician and he was able to take back Italy and lots of other territories from the Barbarians. Justinian’s wife, Empress Theodora, was also and important figure during this time.