The Last Great Roman Reconquest In 553 AD, after eighteen brutal years of conflict, Emperor Justinian’s ambitious campaign to reclaim […]
The Long Shadow of the Gothic War When Emperor Justinian appointed the 72-year-old eunuch Narses as supreme commander in 552 […]
An Empire Divided: The Backdrop of Conflict In the twilight of antiquity, the Eastern Roman Empire under Emperor Justinian I […]
The Byzantine Gambit: Belisarius Lands in Italy In the spring of 536 AD, the Byzantine general Belisarius launched one of […]
The Rise and Stagnation of Vandal North Africa The Vandal Kingdom in North Africa presents one of history’s most striking […]
The Rise of a Military Prodigy Born in the Balkans like his emperor Justinian I—though 18 years younger—Belisarius emerged from […]
The Emperor and His Vision Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus, better known as Justinian I, ruled the Eastern Roman Empire from […]
From Humble Origins to Imperial Nepotism Justinian I, later known as Justinian the Great, was born around 482 CE into […]
The Rise of a Roman Statesman in a Gothic Kingdom In the turbulent 6th century AD, as the Western Roman […]
The Religious Landscape of a Divided Empire When the Western Roman Empire collapsed in 476 CE, Italy entered an unprecedented […]