This is a great post.
Belisarius was the greatest general of the late Roman period - probably even greater than Stilicho a hundred years earlier.
I haven’t read the Robert Graves novel yet - looking forward to it, as I loved the Claudius novels.
Where can yours be found?
I haven’t read the Robert Graves novel yet - looking forward to it, as I loved the Claudius novels. Me too. Graves was a terrific writer. Count Belisarius is a really good book, but my major complaint about it was that Graves set the very British tone of throughout the novel of unfriendliness toward the Christianity of the 6th century Roman Empire. Also, he (and many novelists writing about the period) rely too heavily on the Secret History which is titillating but rather unsophisticated.
Where can yours be found? The books mentioned in this post are on Amazon
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