AD SAECVLVM OBSCVRVM MINVS POST ACTVS IVSTIANIANI BELISARIIQVE PER IMPERIVM ROMANVM (526-565 A.D.)

AD SAECVLVM OBSCVRVM MINVS POST ACTVS IVSTIANIANI BELISARIIQVE PER IMPERIVM ROMANVM (526-565 A.D.)

http://zazzle.com/ProVaticanus

Flavius Belisarius (Greek: Βελισάριος, c. 500 – 565 AD) was a general of the Roman Empire. He was instrumental to Emperor Justinian's ambitious project of reconquering much of the Mediterranean territory of the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century previously.

One of the defining features of Belisarius' career was his success despite varying levels of support from Justinian. His name is frequently given as one of the so-called "Last of the Romans".

Belisarius was an excellent general and overall one of the best of all time.

As the Magister Militum Per Orientem of the Roman army under the reign of Justinian, he was responsible for much of the territory gained under Justinian’s rule. Some of his military feats include:

Battle of Dara (530) 25,000 Roman men against 50,000 Sassanids. The battle is often considered to be Belisarius’ greatest victory. This was an instrumental battle in the Iberian war. The Roman victory foiled the Sassanid plan to invade via Commagene, due to the loss the Sassanids were then forced into the battle of Calcinium. Which resulted in a Sassanid Pyrrhic victory with both sides taking heavy casualties. Calcinium resulted in somewhat of a stalemate, which then led to the Byzantines eventually coming to terms for peace. Without Belisarius vital victory at Dara the Byzantines would have lost the war completely.

Ad Decimum and the Vandalic war (533–534) Belisarius conquered the Vandal Kingdom in nine months despite being outnumbered by 51 thousand men (he had 16K infantry and cavalry, whereas Gelimer had 57k Infantry and cavalry). His first encounter with Vandal forces was at Ad Decimum. On hearing that Gelimers forces were at the pass, he ordered his troops to charge against the vandals. The hunnic cavalry attacked from the west and 15,000 Romans pushed the enemy to the west, killing many. The battle was a decisive Roman Victory. The Romans entered Carthage on the 15th of September. However, The vandals cut the water supply to the city which forced the Romans to attack at tric-amarum. He left his infantry as well as the hunnic mercenaries in Carthage. And moved with less than 10,000 against 15,000 vandals. He charged 3 times at the vandals and on the last charge killed Gelimers brother and the vandal king started his retreat. This was the end of the vandal kingdom and Roman control over Africa, sardinia, Corsica and part of Sicily was re-established.

Gothic war (535–554) Belisarius captured vital strategic points in southern Italy,such as Naples and Panoramus through 535–536. In just two years he had all of southern Italy under his control and in 536 he recaptured Rome from the Ostrogoths. A year later he would go on to successfully defend the city from the Goths despite being outnumbered 3:1. In 540 Belisarius captured the Ostrogothic capital, Ravenna. Sadly he would be recalled to Constantinople shortly after as Justinian grew suspicious that Belisarius was plotting against him.

He would later be reassigned to the army of the east to fight the Sassanids but was yet again disgraced, as he was demoted and had his entire wealth confiscated due to him being accused of plotting against the emperor by Justinian’s wife.

Belisarius was an excellent general due to him being able to win great victories despite little available resources and men. He was known for his excellent quick thinking on the battlefield and for his deceptive skills.

At Dara, he won a resounding victory by predicting and influencing enemy movement. When the enemy concentrated and broke through, he moved against their rear and defeated them.

In Africa, His ability to see an opportunity to gain the advantage (such as at Ad Decimum) and to take it, contrast positively with Gelimer's inactivity.

In Italy, he mostly relied on sieges to defeat the Goths. At this he was so efficient that Totila refused to engage in them until Belisarius was unable to take the initiative due to supply shortages. In Italy, to deal with a changing situation, he made multiple strategies inside the span of a year. Meanwhile, his opponent Vitiges had no coherent strategy after the failure of the siege of Rome.
,
Belisarius was a phenomenal general and one of the best that the Roman Empire has ever produced. Hence why he is often called “the last Roman”.

#RomanEmpire #Belisarius #Justinian #SPQR #Rome #Constantinople #LittleDarkAge #Narses #Italy #MusicVideo #MGMT #CreativeCommons #PublicDomain #RomanHero #TheLastRoman #TheBest #GOAT #Romanoi #Byzantine

AGO TIBI GRATIAS DEO PER INSTRVMENTA DE "SOFI LYRICS", TIMOTHEO MARCO, "MUSICOCEAN", "EDHAJE" , ETC. PRO BONO REI PVBLICAE.

http://patreon.com/ProVaticanus