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"Better one bad general than two good ones" ~ Napoleon. This point is well illustrated in this video!

Justinian: “I hate Belisarius” Also Justinian: “I need Belusarius”

“There is no point in being lucky if you do not have the wit to take advantage of your good fortune.” ― Ian Hughes, Belisarius

Twice life had offered Belisarius a kingly crown and twice he had refused.

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Gotta love belisarius. One of the most underrated roman men in history.

„For not by numbers of men, nor by measure of body, but by valor of soul is war to be decided.“ - Belisarius

Loving this Belisarius series... This is how history should be taught in schools!

Belisarius was quite a great general. Sadly because he lived in the aftermath of the fall of the western roman empire, he is highly underrated. But if it wasn't for Belisarius, there would never have been a Byzantine golden age.

Procopius' accounts over the famin were haunting... Very well done to include them in the episode; these vivid words of someone who witnessed such tragedy are a remind to us all of what is war beyond the romance of tactics and heroic feats.

It’s interesting that the Romans still saw the Empire as a Republic. I assume this is because of the etymology of the title of Emperor, meaning, “1st Citizen”, as well as the Senate’s existence contributing to the view.

Crazy how Milian was so far away, yet went back to the Empire.

As ever, it's the common man who suffers and dies in the wars. RIP to the untold hundreds of millions of farmers, fishermen, and other non-combatants who lost their lives because generals, kings, and emperors had to have glory and power.

Imagine being one of those two Goths traveling to Persia and seeing more world than your entire generation probably would. And all of that while acting in a spy movie.

Incredibly nice of you to add 15 subtitles compared to many History channels Thank you

Love it. Amazing how your storytelling makes me wonder, "what happens next?" when the ending has been known for 1,500 years.

Dude Belisarius is so loyal. Justinian was so lucky to have him

Once again, Epic History TV shines light on another underappreciated era of history where we can envision these great figures and states Excellent job in the animation and outstanding narration; you will be the next source of historical education at this rate. Keep it up!

The voice of the narrator is sooo epic! It makes me hungry fo new videos. I love to rewatch the Napoleon series just because this voice. There is no other channel with such classy narrator, not even the Kings and Generals

Belissarius, being a part of the "new people"(novi homini) class, was always met with distrust and hindering from the aristocracy. Did the most with whatever he was given and there are recordings of him giving a lot back to his veterans and the peasants. The way not only his peers and emperor, but also history in general underappreciated the man says a lot about the fate of true heroes. He was the real Jon Snow

Been waiting with anticipation for this one. These Belisarius series are insanely good.👌 Thank you very much. 😎👍

The "unbiased history" video actually isn't far off from what happened. I'm pretty sure the (ultimately failed) Ostrogothic resurgence wasn't due to Satan raising them as an army of skeletons, though.

Damn John is even worse than I thought. He didn't seem like much of a moron in the last episode, but wow he was insufferable. Blame definitely goes to Justinian for not making command clear cut enough, but I definitely understand why he wouldn't.

14:55 Theodebert: "I'M GONNA FIGHT EVERYONE!" "Wait, there's no food here? Aaight, Imma head out"

First Good General: "Yes great plan, although mine differs slightly from yours..." Second Good General: And that's when I stopped listening.

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Another great video on the ''Eastern'' Roman Empire and Belisarius - A somewhat what under spoken about period in history. This is a winner. Also good to see the correct terminology is being used, ''Romans'' & ''Roman Empire'', rather than ''Byzantine'', which was never used until modern times.

Absolutely brilliant narration and graphics as always, I'm very much looking forward to the next Belisarius video!

You guys are easily my favourite channel on UKposts!!! Keep up the great work, us history buffs are so lucky to have you!!! In the future, please consider doing a series on Frederick the Great; but whatever topic you choose next, you can sure I’ll be watching and loving it!

i googled eunuch founded this and thought it was intersting so i guess fun fact: a eunuch is a man who has been castrated. Throughout history, castration often served a specific social function. The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the umerian city of Lagash in the 2nd millennium BCE

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This was just brilliantly done. Thank you to EHTV as always

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Great video again. I'm entirely looking forward for more Belisarius and Napoleon of course content!

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Excellently done video, as always. This period is the one to change the fate of the rest of the Justinian's reign and perhaps even the history of the Eastern Roman Empire as a whole. Because when Belisarius refused Justinian's peace proposal with Ostrogoths, he unknowingly prolonged this war for almost two decades, where Empire would have to spend enormous resources to finish it. Also, I'm glad that you mentioned building of Hagia Sophia, since its construction is a landmark in history of architecture. Also, I hope that, even though it's outside Belisarius's personal story, you mention what happened with Narses and his various military victories.

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Great Video! Both Justinian and Belisarius, in my historical analysis, really deserve the title of VLTIMVS ROMANORVM ("the last of the Romans"), including also the generals Mundus (who reconquered Dalmatia) and Narses (who replaced Belisarius in Italy). After the campaigns carried out by Belisarius (Βελισάριος), Justinian regained altogether 6 (six) former provinces of the Western Roman Empire (Pars Occidentalis): Africa Proconsularis (current Tunisia), which had been under Vandal control since the early 5th century AD (as this channel already mentioned it); Sicily (Σικελία), which also had been under Vandal control since the 5th century; Dalmatia (current Croatia), which was conquered by General Mundus (Μούνδος); Sardinia et Corsica (Sardinia and Corsica), which were seized by the Byzantines after Belisarius' brilliant victory at the Battle of Tricamarum (533); Mauritania Tingitana (modern Morocco); and, of course, Italy itself (ITALIA), which was the so-called "ruler of the provinces" (DOMINA PROVINCIARVM). Rome itself, the "queen of Italy" (Regina Italiae), as I like to call it, was conquered by Belisarius in 537. Note: Yes, Hagia Sophia was completed in the exact SAME year that Rome was recaptured by Belisarius' troops (537)! Italy, including Rome itself, was under "Barbarian" control since 476 AD, more precisely when Romulus Augustus, the last Roman Emperor of the West, was deposed by Odoacer. Rome, in turn, had been under Ostrogothic control since 493 AD! The Byzantine/Roman reconquest of Italy during the Gothic War, therefore, was EXTREMELY significative and symbolic. The Byzantine conquest of Rome was undoubtedly the greatest triumph of Justinian's foreign policy (RENOVATIO IMPERII). The message was quite clear: Italy, which was once considered the "queen of the world" (RECTRIX MVNDI); the "ruler of the provinces" (DOMINA PROVINCIARVM) and the "motherland of all lands" (OMNIVM TERRARVM PARENS); was reconquered and regained by the TRUE heirs of the Roman Empire! Moreover, Justinian also conquered a small part of the Iberian Peninsula (Hispania), more precisely the former Roman province of Hispania Baetica (modern Andalusia), including the city of Córdoba itself (CORDVBA), which was both the capital of Hispania Baetica and the birthplace of Seneca. Altogether, the Byzantines conquered considerable portions of the modern Andalusian provinces of Córdoba, Seville, Cádiz, Málaga and Granada. In fact, Justinian wanted a unified and centralized Roman Empire, whose territory, in turn, should stretch from HISPANIA (Iberian Peninsula) to Mesopotamia (Iraq); from the Strait of Gibraltar (FRETVM HERCVLEVM) to the Black Sea (PONTVS EVXINVS); and, lastly, from BRITANNIA (England) to ARABIA PETRAEA (current Jordan, Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia); covering Egypt (AEGYPTVS), SYRIA PALAESTINA (former Judea/IVDAEA), which covered the modern territories of Israel, Syria and Lebanon; CYRENAICA (current Libya); Africa Proconsularis (current Tunisia), Sicily (SICILIA) and, of course, Italy itself. Justinian, in other words, simply desired to restore the power of Trajan's Rome! And... he almost accomplished this feat! No wonder he is considered "the last of the Romans" (VLTIMVS ROMANORVM).

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6:25 I love this art work!!! Depicts it exactly how I'd imagine it

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Though my first introduction to Belisarius and Justinian was through extra history, getting down to the more finer details in these videos has been wonderful, and though telling's on how or why certain events may differ here or there I truly love both series and find them the best works to give to first timers or people who love history but have trouble going through the larger (and sometimes duller) history books, just like extra history before it I do not look forward to the end of this series because once again ill have to say goodbye to some of the greatest leaders of history all over again.

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You have two series that made me love your channel, NAPOLEON and BELISARIUS. Still, every content you post entices me to remain subscribed.

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This made me so happy and looking much forward to the next.

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Love this series. Belisarius is one of my favorite characters from history. I remember reading about his victory at Rome in the book Tactical Genius in Battle when I was like 10 or 11. Thanks for doing this one

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Excellent Series of Documentaries. As excellent as the one on Napoleon. Thank you very, very much.

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Superb narration and animated videos of Belisarius activities.

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Love this belisarius series! Truly a great Roman general to admire

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The entire series is a work of art.

Such a great work! How many times Milan has been destoyed, and how many times it was reborn from the ashes as the greatest city of Italy.

Been really enjoying this Belisarius series.

Yes, been waiting for this, thank you 🙏

Belisarius sounds like a mad lad

What I concluded from these 4 parts is how incompentent and disorganized Germanic tribes were, both Ostrogoths and Vandals missed so many opportunities to take advantage and exploit as narrator mentioned many Roman mistakes, it's incredible how such a small force of Belisarius managed to break two bigger armies despite roman army having issues with chain of command.

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I waited so long for this and it's totally worth it!

My God, the ending with Khosroe, was an epic cliffhanger...😄

The quote too many chefs messes with the good pot or somthing like that meshes well here. Can’t have to many ego commanders. You need one supreme commander otherwise there’s gonna be misunderstandings. For example having a committee run organization can never operate cause you’ll have no one agree on anything and nothing gets accomplished. You need one man in charge that’s popularly picked to run it and everything falls in. Justinian miscalculated here. If he was really concerned about bellsarius betraying him he should’ve just had a spy network on him just to make sure he’s not showing disloyalty. Also Justinian let his dreams and ambitions get the better of him. By focusing on Italy he neglected the east where khosrow knew he was weak. Justinian in my opinion should’ve either worked on making a Alliance with Persia even though that sounds far fetched or just focus on beating him cause he stretched his forces to far out. Going as far as Spain. Once he died Persia would take more swipes at the Byzantines and both would end up being overwhelmed by the up in coming Muslims

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That was great! Can't wait to the follow-up

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When I first learned about Narses, it was around the time I started watching Game of Thrones. I always had an image of Lord Varys for some reason in my head when Narses came up, despite the mosaic in the St Vitale Church. Great to see the artistic concept of Narses.

Excellent work as always!