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Belisarius

American  
[bel-uh-sair-ee-uhs] / ˌbɛl əˈsɛər i əs /

noun

  1. a.d. 505?–565, general of the Eastern Roman Empire.


Belisarius British  
/ ˌbɛlɪˈsɑːrɪəs /

noun

  1. ?505–565 ad , Byzantine general under Justinian I. He recovered North Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths and led forces against the Persians

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Belisarius, with difficulty and not without danger and great exertion, made his way over ground covered by ruins and half-burned buildings, and ascended to the stadium.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019

"At six years old," he records, "I remember to have read Belisarius, Robinson Crusoe and Philip Quarll."

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2014

During one political crisis, Theodora even confiscated the property of the general Belisarius.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Latest Graves novel of Rome's slow fall, Count Belisarius, does not quite measure up to these, largely because Belisarius is noble, dull, honest and courageous, where bumbling old Claudius was gnarled with humanness.

From Time Magazine Archive

The African conquests of Belisarius gave the Goths of Spain, instead of the Arian Vandals, another Catholic neighbour in the form of the restored Roman power.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

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