# onthisday classics rome byzantium war belisarius justinian

The first of these remains the greatest, under legendary emperor Justinian and his even more legendary general Belisarius, taking a damn good swing at reclaiming the fallen western empire, although in hindsight the Gothic War in Italy was probably a swing too far

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Belisarius, general of the Roman Emperor Justinian, reduced to begging by Jacques-Louis David, 1784.

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in 538 CE the Ostrogoth siege of Rome, led by King Vitiges, ends in failure.

Repelled by the tactical prowess of the Roman general Belisarius, Vitiges fled north to Ravenna to regroup.

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François Gérard (French, 1770-1837), Belisarius, black engraving

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general of the Roman Emperor reduced to begging by Jacques-Louis David, 1784.

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