Hughes has written a lively and detailed account of Belisarius's remarkable career." - Adrian Goldsworthy, author of The Complete Roman Army Belisarius (c. 505-565 AD) was the greatest general of the Eastern Roman Empire and is among history's most notable military personalities. At the age of 29, he twice defeated the Persians and reconquered North Africa from the Vandals, before going on to regain the Italian peninsula from...