# Talk:Vandalic War

As Hughes points out Belisarius hadn’t really proven himself to be among Justinian’s “most talented generals”, he distinguished himself in Persia by losing almost all the battles the fought there and was subsequently charged with incompetence which almost cost him his entire career. I don’t think that this can be justified by a reference to a Bury or some other source that’s older than Hughes’ book as Hughes makes a pretty compelling argument against this and and against the older sources. A newer sources which disputes this could be added, I removed the “dubious” template because I think it didn’t quite warrant that. Still I think that Hughes’ argument is quite strong and that the fact that the nearest reference is to Hughes, who agues the exact opposite, not that Belisarius was incompetent but that his overall performance up to that point had been quite poor. I would personally advise removing this part, stating that Belisarius is one of Justinian’s best generals doesn’t seem to me to paint an exactly neutral picture either. Dorromikhal (talk) 17:16, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Hats off to the editors. As of now, this is easily one of the best articles on the site. 188.197.17.185 (talk) 11:59, 22 March 2023 (UTC)