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Belisarius took Rome without a fight… then 50,000 Goths marched on the city

After sixty years under Gothic rule, Rome finally opened its gates to the armies of Emperor Justinian. Belisarius entered the ...
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The Gothic ambush that shattered Rome’s army: Battle of Faventia, 542 AD - animated

In 542 AD, during the Gothic War—a conflict sparked by Emperor Justinian’s ambition to restore Roman rule in the West—Eastern ...
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Book Review: Rome Resurgent: War and Empire in the Age of Justinian

“He was short with a good chest, a good nose, fair-skinned, curly haired, round-faced, handsome with receding hair, a florid complexion, with his hair and beard graying.” This description of emperor ...
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Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

In this comprehensive account, Cambridge University historian Sarris (Empires of Faith) examines the reign of Eastern Roman emperor Justinian (482–565). Following his adoptive father Justin’s death in ...
Archaeology

Mosaic Inscription Connects Justinian to Ancient City in Kosovo

ULPIANA, KOSOVO—Vox News Albania reports that Kosovan Minister of Culture Hajrulla Çeku announced that a team of archaeologists uncovered a rare mosaic inscription linked with the Byzantine emperor ...