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Definition of Belisarius
1. Noun. Byzantine general under Justinian I; he recovered former Roman territories in northern Africa and fought against the Persians.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belisarius
Literary usage of Belisarius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1881)
"But her warm entreaties, fortified by the prayers of Belisarius, were insufficient
to draw the holy monk from the solitude of Ephesus. ..."
2. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"The forces of the Vandals were diminished by dis- cord and suspicion ; the Roman
armies were animated by the •pint of Belisarius ; one of those heroic names ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"Italy submitted to Justinian, and the few Goths who still maintained their
independence beyond the Po pressed Belisarius in vain to declare himself emperor. ..."
4. Greece Under the Romans by George Finlay (1907)
"He points out that the blindness of Belisarius is mentioned as early as the latter
part of the eleventh century in an anonymous writer who has left a ..."
5. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"4/1 . of the The chief interest, however, was excited by the Belisarius Italian
expedition, commanded by Belisarius, the sue- der-in- cessful combatant with ..."
6. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"ON THE BLINDNESS OF Belisarius'. LORD MAHON*, in his Life of Belisarius, published
in 1829, has endeavoured to set aside the verdict of historians ..."
7. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Guizot (François), Léopold Delisle (1853)
"Upon this, the empress commanded Belisarius the patrician to send Silverius into
... Belisarius very reluctantly complied with the orders of the empress, ..."
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