Belisarius

Flavius Belisarius (505-565) was one of the greatest generals of the Byzantine Empire. Of the great generals of history, Belisarius is not particularly well known today (certainly nowhere as near as well-known as Julius Caesar, or Alexander the Great), but this is due more to a lack of attention to Byzantine history than to his skill and accomplishments, which were matched by few, if any, military commanders.

References

• R. Boss, R. Chapman, P. Garriock, Justinian's War: Belisarius, Narses and the Reconquest of the West, Montvert Publications, 1993, ISBN 1874101019
• Teddy Brunius, The letter of Belisarius, Ekdosis Ellēnikēs Etaireias Aisthētikēs, 1971.
• Glanville Downey, Belisarius,: Young general of Byzantium, Dutton, 1960.
• Percy Stickney Grant, The search of Belisarius;: A Byzantine legend, Brentano's, 1907.
• Edward Gibbon has much to say on Belisarius in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapter 41 online.
• Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope, The life of Belisarius, J. Murray, 1829.
• Robert Graves, Count Belisarius: AND "Lawrence of the Arabs", Carcanet Press 2004, ISBN 1857546458
• Procopius, Procopius, Belisarius and Narses, Academic Fellowship, 1964.
• Procopious, The Secret History of the Court of Justinian, online at Gutenberg Project