Procopius
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Procopius of Caesarea was a prominent Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea in Palestine. Accompanying the Byzantine general Belisarius in Emperor Justinian's wars, Procopius became the principal
Sixth century mosaic depicting Emperor Justinian
Sixth century mosaic possibly depicting Belisarius in the Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, which celebrates the reconquest of Italy by the Byzantines.
Triumphal arch at the entrance to the Sangarius Bridge
Belisarius
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Flavius Belisarius was a military commander of the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Justinian I. Belisarius was instrumental in the reconquest of much of the Mediterranean territory belonging to the for
Procopius
…Latin: Procopius Caesariensis; c. 500 – 565) was a prominent Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea in Palestine. Accompanying the Byzantine general Belisarius in Emperor Justinian's wars, Procopius became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the History of the Wars, On Buildings, and the Secret…
Belisarius attacking the Ostrogoths in Rome, 536, by Hermann Vogel
Belisarius, by François-André Vincent (1776). Belisarius, blinded, a beggar, is recognised by one of his former soldiers.
The outcast Belisarius receiving hospitality from a peasant by Jean-François Pierre Peyron (1779)