Belisarius
Historical Figure

Belisarius

6th-century Byzantine general

About Belisarius

Flavius Belisarius was a military commander of the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Justinian I. Belisarius was instrumental in the reconquest of much of the Mediterranean territory belonging to the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century prior. He is considered one of the greatest military commanders of Byzantium and in history generally.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Pandemic541 CE – 549 CE

Plague of Justinian

The first major bubonic plague pandemic devastated the Byzantine Empire and surrounding regions, killing an estimated 25–50 million people over two centuries of recurrent waves, and halting Emperor Justinian's ambitious campaign to restore the Roman Empire.