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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

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From there, Justinian dispatched Belisarius and his force to Italy to seize it from the Ostrogoths.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

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

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2014

Two years later, Belisarius attacked Rome and seized it from a group known as the Ostrogoths.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The great Byzantine general, Belisarius, more than once defended Rome against Teuton raids.

From Time Magazine Archive

They tried open storm; they endeavoured to bribe traitors within the city; they strove to creep along the bed of a disused aqueduct, as Belisarius had done a year before at Naples.

From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick