Belisario

Robert Graves's sources for Count Belisarius include some of the great historical works of classical antiquity: Livy, Procopius, Thucydides, Herodotus, and certainly Xenophon in the Persian war sections. The novel is set in the sixth century of our era. Belisarius is perhaps the last loyal general t Leggi tutto

İstanbul'u İstanbul yapan Bizans İmparatorluğu'na yeterince sahip çıkılmayışını çok üzücü bulurum. İtalyanlar Roma'yı, Yunanlar antik dönemi, biz ise Osmanlı'yı sahiplendiğimiz için, günümüzde mirası sahipsiz bırakılmış bir imparatorluk Bizans, maalesef. Başkentinde yaşadığımız için ne kadar şanslı Leggi tutto

I seem to be in the minority on this, but I found Count Belisarius to be a little disappointing. I’ve not read any Graves before, and I picked this particular novel over the more well known I, Claudius because I’ve always thought Belisarius’ life story was pretty cool and conveniently contained a bu Leggi tutto

Irredeemable Corruption and Unwavering Loyalty: Justinian and Belisarius I don't recall ever becoming more incensed reading a novel than I did with 'Count Belisarius'. The desire to see vengeance come to bloody fruition in 'Red Grass River' by James Carlos Blake was powerful; the sense of loss and sa Leggi tutto

One evening, towards the beginning of secondary school, I was standing in front of the desk in an alcove off the living room above which were most of my father's displayed books on long shelves reaching from wall to wall. As he was nearby and I was looking for something interesting to read, I asked

Fact-based fiction from the Byzantine era. Lots of battles, but (surprisingly, given the author) unspooled in a monotone. Belisarius fights off the Persians; he captures Carthage; next Sicily; and soon all of Italy south of the Po. But all the while, undermined by the Eastern Emperor Justinian, jeal Leggi tutto