Key campaigns, siege defenses, and diplomatic encounters reconstructed from 6th-century Greek eyewitness accounts in Vatican Codex Vat.gr.124.
Appointed commander on the Sasanian Persian frontier by Emperor Justinian I.
Outnumbered 2-to-1, Belisarius deploys interior angle trenches to decisively crush the Persian Immortals.
Preserves Justinian's throne by storming the Hippodrome with Mundus and 3,000 veterans.
Decisive victory over Gelimer's Vandals at Ad Decimum; reclaims North Africa for the Empire.
Belisarius enters Rome through the Porta Asinaria as the Gothic garrison flees north.
Defends Rome against King Vitiges and 50,000 Ostrogoths for one year and nine days.
Enters Ravenna, feigning acceptance of the Western Roman crown to secure Gothic surrender.
Called out of retirement to defeat the Kutrigur invasion force at Melantias.