Rome Strikes Back: Belisarius and the Wars of Justinian (ALL PARTS)

In the 6th century AD, during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the Roman Empire experienced an extraordinary resurgence, reconquering lands - including Italy, North Africa and Rome itself - that had been lost to the ’barbarians’ a century before. Leading these campaigns, a brilliant Roman general named Flavius Belisarius - a skilled tactician, inspirational leader, pragmatic and humane. This is the story of those campaigns, as recorded by Procopius, an eyewitness to many of them, as well as other ancient historians, texts, and archaeological remains. Big thanks to Legendarian for ’Total War: Attila’ gameplay footage, check out his YouTube channel here: ’Total War: Attila’ gameplay footage used with kind permission of Creative Assembly - buy the game here: Thanks also to the 555 mod crew for modding support, find out more about their mods here: 🎨 Original artwork by Miłek Jakubiec 🎨 Thanks to Igor Dzis for permission to use his painting, ’Battle of Dara’. 📷 Thanks to Dr Hugh Willmott, Sheffield University for permission to use photographs of plague burial Creative Commons images: Basilica San Marco by Gary Ullah via WM Commons Dara fortifications by Procopius via Flickr Dara photographs by Nevit Dilmen via Flickr Mosaic of Theodora by Petar Milošević via WM Commons Porta Asinaria by Mikhail Malykh via WM Commons Windrow by Christian Collins via Flickr Stag Heads Free Vector by misfitblue via Winter Sun by It’s No Game via Flickr Beach video by Ruvim Miksanskiy via Pexels 📚Recommended reading (as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases): 📖Procopius, History of the Wars 📖 The Wars of Justinian by Michael Whitby 📖 Rome Resurgent by Peter Heather 📖The Armies of Ancient Persia: the Sassanians by Kaveh Farrokh 📖Late Roman Cavalryman AD 236–565 (Osprey) by Simon MacDowall Support Epic History TV on Patreon from $1 per video, and get perks including ad-free early access & votes on future topics 👕 Buy EHTV t-shirts, hoodies, mugs and stickers here! 🎶Music from Filmstro: Get 20% off an annual license with this exclusive code: EPICHISTORYTV_ANN #EpicHistoryTV #RomanEmpire #EasternRomanEmpire #Justinian #Belisarius #ByzantineEmpire