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Belisarius and enemy
The small size of the forces made available to Belisarius must be noted, especially when compared to the much larger army he took in the field against the Vandals, an enemy much weaker than the Ostrogoths.

Belisarius and known
At the time, it was known as the Year after the Consulship of Belisarius ( or, less frequently, year 1289 Ab urbe condita ).
At the time, it was known as the Second year after the Consulship of Belisarius ( or, less frequently, year 1290 Ab urbe condita ).
At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Belisarius without colleague ( or, less frequently, year 1288 Ab urbe condita ).
Following the conquests of Belisarius for the Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century, Ravenna became the seat of the Byzantine governor of Italy, the Exarch, and was known as the Exarchate of Ravenna.
According to one text the water-mill was first made in 555 by Belisarius, according to another they were known to Pliny the Elder and Vitruvius.
Like Riose, Belisarius served a strong emperor, Justinian the Great, in an empire that it had declined from its peak ( Belisarius was one of the people, along with Justinian, known as " the last of the Romans ", i. e., imperials ); helped it to recapture much of its lost territory ; and was called back on baseless suspicion that he was angling for the Imperial throne.

Belisarius and uses
* September – Belisarius arrives at Sicily, which he uses as a staging area, with the permission of the Ostrogoth queen Amalasuntha, daughter of Theodoric the Great and regent of Italy.
Antonina was often with him during these years, and Graves uses stories about her connections to the court of the emperor Justinian and his empress Theodora to incorporate political intrigue and other information into the story of Belisarius ' military exploits.
Belisarius gains the trust of the Persian Emperor, uses the chance of conspiracy and treason as a hole card, and generally totally upsets the Malwa plans of conquest by repeatedly tactically showing one thing and strategically moving unseen in surprising real tactics when it matters.
He uses the king's support to gather forces to defeat the Imperial general Belisarius – no mean feat, for somebody who never fought in any war against one of history's most well-known military talents, but Padway did manage to completely surprise Belisarius with tactics never used in the ancient world.

Belisarius and its
When Totila left to fight the Byzantines in Lucania, south of Naples, Belisarius retook Rome and rebuilt its fortifications.
Towards the end of 545 the Gothic king took up his station at Tivoli and prepared to starve Rome into surrender, making at the same time elaborate preparations for checking the progress of Belisarius who was advancing to its relief.
The Byzantine Empire was now rising to great splendour through the victories of its generals, Belisarius and Narses.
Belisarius then marched on the city of Hippo Regius, which opened its gates to him.
A relief force was dispatched by Belisarius, but its commanders, Martin and Uliaris, did not make any effort to help the besieged.

Belisarius and .
* 537 – Siege of Rome: The Byzantine general Belisarius receives his promised reinforcements, 1, 600 cavalry, mostly of Hunnic or Slavic origin and expert bowmen.
Before their departure, the ship of the commander Belisarius was anchored in front of the Imperial palace, and the Patriarch offered prayers for the success of the enterprise.
* Robert Graves, author of I, Claudius, also wrote Count Belisarius, a historical novel about Belisarius.
* 533 – Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ticameron.
* 536 – Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed, the Gothic garrison flee the capital.
File: David-Belisarius. jpg | Belisarius ( 1781 ), Musée de Beaux Arts, Lille
However, Harold Macmillan was impressed by Alexander's calm and style, conducting dinners in his mess like those at an Oxbridge high table, discussing architecture and the campaigns of Belisarius, rather than the current war.
* 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily.
His general Belisarius swiftly conquered the Vandal Kingdom in North Africa, extending Roman control to the Atlantic Ocean.
Subsequently Belisarius, Narses, and other generals conquered the Ostrogothic Kingdom, restoring Dalmatia, Sicily, Italy, and Rome to the Empire after more than half a century of barbarian control.
Other talented individuals included Tribonian, his legal adviser ; Peter the Patrician, the diplomat and longtime head of the palace bureaucracy ; his finance ministers John the Cappadocian and Peter Barsymes, who managed to collect taxes more efficiently than any before, thereby funding Justinian's wars ; and finally, his prodigiously talented generals Belisarius and Narses.
) In the next two days, he ordered the brutal suppression of the riots by his generals Belisarius and Mundus.
The re-conquests were in large part carried out by his general Belisarius.
In 530 a Persian army was defeated at Dara, but the next year saw the defeat of Roman forces under Belisarius near Callinicum.
In 533, Belisarius with a fleet of 92 dromons escorting 500 transports, landed at Caput Vada ( modern Ras Kaboudia ) in modern Tunisia with an army of about 15, 000 men, as well as a number of barbarian troops.
They defeated the Vandals, who were caught completely off-guard, at Ad Decimum on 14 September 533 and Tricamarum in December ; Belisarius took Carthage.
Thereupon Belisarius with 7, 500 men invaded Sicily ( 535 ) and advanced into Italy, sacking Naples and capturing Rome on 9 December 536.
Justinian sent another general, Narses, to Italy, but tensions between Narses and Belisarius hampered the progress of the campaign.
By then the military situation had turned in favour of the Romans, and in 540 Belisarius reached the Ostrogothic capital Ravenna.
Belisarius feigned to accept the offer, entered the city in May 540, and reclaimed it for the Empire.
Then, having been recalled by Justinian, Belisarius returned to Constantinople, taking the captured Vitigis and his wife Matasuntha with him.
Belisarius had been recalled in the face of renewed hostilities by the Persians.
Belisarius arrived in the East in 541, but, after some success, was again recalled to Constantinople in 542.
Belisarius was sent back to Italy late in 544, but lacked sufficient troops.

learns and true
The child, Jerry White, later learns of his true parentage during his late teens, shortly before being killed by a local street gang he is associated with.
Lightman learns the true nature of his actions from a news broadcast, and the FBI arrests him and takes him to NORAD.
He later learns that the drug is stelazine, an anti-hallucinogen, and that what he sees is the true reality of the Party leader: or at least one of them, because different people see any one of twelve different possible visions of the leader.
He learns that all the visions are true, and far more besides ; the Party leader is not only alien, he is an almighty, godlike being — perhaps a demiurge, perhaps God himself — and one that is a predator on all living things.
Don is ruined, and when he learns that Joyce has deceived him, he accuses her of being a completely selfish woman, her only true jinx.
Leo / Kimba soon learns that only communication and mutual understanding between animals and humans will bring true peace.
Mary Jane only realizes the true consequences of her lifestyle when she learns of Harry's predicament.
He encounters Guildenstern and his lover Samantha, and learns of the condition known as incomplete death and the Cardinal's true intention for his pursuit of Sydney: immortality.
A white supremacist organization learns of his existence and makes him a cause celebre, inviting him to speak to new recruits as a " true American patriot.
Perrin learns her true identity during a period not directly covered during The Gathering Storm.
It is at this point Swiper learns the true meaning of Christmas, and tries to give Dora his most prized possession, a stuffed bunny he had since he was really young.
In the course of his quest, Atreyu learns about the true nature of Fantastica and the Nothing: Fantastica is a representation of the dreams and fantasies of the real world ; the Nothing and the sickness of the Childlike Empress are the effects of the lies humans use in their greed for power ; it is the denial of dreams and fantasy which is destroying Fantastica.
Then the disguised Letitia enters and reveals her true identity to the overjoyed Doricourt, who also learns that Hardy was not ill after all.
Jake learns that since he and his father were in proximity when the accident occurred, a strange side effect has been causing Jake to act as a sort of anchor to his father in sub-space through the years, occasionally pulling Benjamin Sisko into the true world.
The story is about one of Santa's elves who learns of his true identity as a human and goes to New York City to meet his biological father, spreading Christmas cheer in a world of cynics as he goes.
# Zero-knowledge: if the statement is true, no cheating verifier learns anything other than this fact.
Once freed, Chucky realizes that he can possess the first person who learns his true nature.
While away on a vision quest with Highwater, in which he learns the true nature of his powers and briefly sees the comic's reader, Baker's family is brutally murdered by an assassin sent by the corporate heads seeking to stop his environmental work.
While Upaya or the Noble Lie can be ( as in Wittgenstein ) teaching devices or stratagems to be superseded at a later stage, in many cases the laity only ever learns the exoteric doctrine, with only the elite ever learning the true esoteric version.
A paranoid G ' Kar first suspects his new diplomatic attache, Na ' Toth, but learns too late that the true assassin is the courier himself, the Thenta Makur member Tu ' Pari.
Lennier discovers the true nature of Londo's appendages, and Londo learns a little about Minbari culture: that honesty is valued, but that one may lie to save face for another.
Having arrived there, he instead learns about the true identity of Sydney Bristow.
Catching them, Barbossa learns Will's true identity and tricks Will into believing that Jack, the crew, and Elizabeth will be freed.
Yrsa learns of her true father's identity

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