num_pages: 239
description: The 6th century in Italy could still claim such enlightened names as Theodoric, Boethius and Pope Gregory the Great. On a par with all these, and serving as a link, was a small Armenian who has largely been forgotten by later historians. Narses the Eunuch served as a court official in Constantinople for most of his life, his survival for so long in a hot bed of intrigue like the Byzantine Court is unusual enough, but in 551 AD when he was well into his 70s, Narses was chosen as Supreme Commander for Justinian's final attempt to reconquer Italy.
language: English
title: Narses: Hammer of the Goths
titlecomplete: Narses: Hammer of the Goths
genres: History, Ancient History, Italy, Biography, Military History
ratings_count: 16
publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd