To: Shark24
His military achievements were very impressive and deserve recognition just as Justinian’s rule also deserves “admiration”.
Agree. I would rank him among top military commanders of all time. Did more with less than anyone could have conceived. Some of his victories were considered practically impossible--not just one or two, but several.
9 posted on
03/02/2020 8:21:47 AM PST by
Antoninus
("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
To: Antoninus
Yup, poor Byzantine Empire gets so little love from us Westerners.
11 posted on
03/02/2020 8:48:54 AM PST by
Shark24
To: Antoninus
Justinian was an idiot. Byzantium didn’t have the resources or manpower to reclaim the West.
The Italian campaign was nothing short of disastrous.
When the Empire was left weakened, it was almost overrun by the Arabs.
13 posted on
03/02/2020 8:51:42 AM PST by
goldstategop
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