Talk:Belisarius

message: Given that Belisarius was largely known for his strategic prowess, couldn't there be a little something about it, like perhaps going more indepth into one of his Persian campaigns? --maru 04:06, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Find a source. Link it here so others can do it. Adapt it yourself if others won't. I would also like to see this article expanded, but...it's wiki. If you want something done, you can do it yourself :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 09:26, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: But... I'm lazy. And I do so much work on other articles, is it so much to ask that someone else do it for once? :( --maru   (talk)  contribs 02:08, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strategy 

message: I believe that the elements converge in the opinion that Belisarius was a romanized Greek.Belisarius was born in 500 A.D. in the Byzantine province of Dardania. As we know from the Greek-speaking chronographer - historician of this period Prokopios, the mother of Belisarius was Christian and the father a romanised noble who died when the eminent general was very young.Belisarius took his basic education in Adrianoupolis under the protection of his uncle. He had courses in Greek, his maternal language.As we know from  Prokopios great impression to the general made Xenophon's "kathodos ton myrion" , as well as the classic masterpieces "Ilias" and "Odyssey".He was also very inderested in logistics.With the acquaintances of his uncle could join the guard of Justinian, who distinguished him between the others .
The Balkan peninsula was southernly (under the Danube) lived from Greek origin Roman citizens. This conclusion we can  gather easily from the make that they were given Greek names in all these  regions from prehistoric ages. Also the period that was given birth to Belisarius ,the Slavs were located above the Danube , they were pagans and they did not have any contact with the empire only afterwards the 6th century. It is not possible therefore  Belisarius was Slav of origin,even if himself ignored his real national identity. However he was what he represented : A glorius Roman general of an empire that remained acquaintance in the history as Byzantium.
:I encourage you, whoever you are that wrote this, to add some of this to the article itself. Jmacwiki (talk) 01:51, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ¨¨origin of Belisarius::: 

message: What does the current text in successionbox means: Succeeded by: Post consulatum Belisarii (East), Iterum post consulatum Paulini (West)? Without ilinks it doesn't make much sense.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  03:08, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is the standard way to tell that there were no consuls for that year, so it was the "(first year) after the consulate of Belisarius (in the East), the second (year) after the consulate of Paulini (in the West). Since it is standard, it stays that way. (You claim to be a proconsul, you should know well.)--BlaiseMuhaddib 22:29, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latin explanation? 

message: I have found in other internet sources (like the spanish page http://www.artehistoria.com/frames.htm?http://www.artehistoria.com/historia/personajes/4780.htm) that Belisarius was born at year 500, not 505. In Robert Graves' book "Count Belisarius" it also mentions the year 500 as Belisarius' date of birth.
:Encyclopedia Britannica says c.505. I'll take their word over that of random Internet sites and novels any day. --Gwern  (contribs) 16:59, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Oxford Classical Dictionary (2003) says c. 500 - not that it really matters either way, circa conveys an unknown exact date, 5 years is within the realm of error either way. -- Stbalbach 12:35, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Belisarius' birth date 

message: Is Belisarius to my right or Justinian's?    04:10, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  question about mosaic 

message: I have cut the following text: 
::Robert Graves biographical novel includes the assertion that Belisarius was able to demonstrate his knowledge of the practices of the East by asserting that the Saracens would be starting their Ramadan fast - this despite the fact that Belisarius died some 5 years before the birth of the prophet Mohamed!
My reasoning is that the fast in the month of Ramadan existed prior to Mohammed. In any case, the text belongs elsewhere, whether it stands or not on its own merit.  --5telios 11:51, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  cut text from article section notes 

message: All hail Belisarius, slayer of the Goths, the German scourge!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.148.120.65 (talk) 19:00, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  General Belisarius 

message: Where-ever Blisarius landed in Africa, it wasn't in Leptis Magna. Lepis Magna is 1000km away, and Blisarius walked to Carthago in 10 days. Procopius does mentions passing a city named Leptis, but nothing more.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.64.143.57 (talk) 21:35, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leptis Magna 

message: Could someone with the wiki know-how re-space the pictures? We have an adequately sized article, but they are all clumped together. Maybe some could be left justified? --Pstanton (talk) 23:39, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture spacing 

message: I understand that his eyes were put out, but why?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.251.66.123 (talk) 07:59, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eyes put out? 

message: Dont forget to mention the book of Victor Davis Hanson "The Savior Generals".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.123.156.137 (talk) 14:47, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Literature 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: What's the origin of the name Belisarius/Belisarios ? Latin ? Greek ? Isaurian ? Armenian ? Iranian ? Germanic ? 92.90.20.94 (talk) 19:48, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meaning of the name Belisarius/Belisarios 

message: Last para. of the intro describes him as a "military genius" who is "often considered to rival Napoleon or Hannibal."  Although I buy all of it, it is unsourced opinion.  It needs references!  (Unfortunately, I do not know how to insert the link for "Unsourced material needing references".) Jmacwiki (talk) 05:40, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced opinions about his accomplishments. 

message: I rewrote the section of the Vandal war. Added everything I know of involving Belisarius, maybe it is too extensive and some information should be removed? I do think it was a good idea to add info of Belisarius’ personal role in battles like at Ad Decimum as it can often be unclear when reading the articles on specific battles what was and what wasn’t a decision of the overall commanders of the forces involved and articles on military leaders from the modern era also often do that. This way a reader can form an opinion on Belisarius’ contribution to the campaign and battle and his of overall skill instead of just listening to what others have to say about it. Dorromikhal (talk) 00:11, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandal war 

message: I have read a couple of books on Belisarius and frequently edited this page. What is bothering me is that the lead section of the article makes a number of claims that all or most of the books I’ve read dispute. Firstly it claims that Justinian’s reconquests were an ambitious project instead of just saying that much land was reconquered during Justinian’s rule. Hughes and Heather dispute this (their books can be found in the notes) I’ve gone into more detail on the page about Justinian himself but the point is that Justinian’s policy doesn’t sound logical when putting it into the context of his ambition to reconquer the west. Secondly it claims that Justinian provided only limited support to Belisarius. This is strange as they were (probably) personal friends, Belisarius passed every test of his loyalty and when sent to the east to fight the Persians (in between his Italian campaigns) he was put into a perfect situation to rebel: having the absolute loyalty of the troops in the west, being in the east were his reputation could have turned the troops against Justinian if he revolted, having a possible motive because of his poor treatment lately, having potential allies in the nobility who disliked the “commoner” Justinian and from the people who disliked Justinian’s high taxes. Apart from questioning Belisarius loyalty the only other possibly motive to not support his campaign seems to have been to prevent himself from expanding his power which Justinian certainly wouldn’t do to himself. Then it says he is frequently considered a military genius while there is no citation there nor is there an assessment section. Then it gives a very incomplete overview of his career and claims Belisarius won and as such held command during the battle of Tricamarum which he probably didn’t. I’m honestly not really impressed by this and would like to edit it a bit. Please inform me on what your thoughts on the lead section are here so in can take it into account when I edit it (or not edit it at all). Dorromikhal (talk) 15:10, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad lead section? 

message: Both my sources (Hughes and Brogna) on the issue consider the speed of the march from Caput Vada to have been somewhere under ten miles a day. However even at ten miles a day Belisarius would take over 15 days to get to ad Decimum. He reportedly approached the site after ten days. Dorromikhal (talk) 17:05, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marching speed in Africa 

message: When I view the article from my iPad the timeline doesn’t show up. I suspect this isn’t a problem with just my device. Of course you can just view it via the desktop mode but it would be nice if someone could fix this, I don’t know how to (without replacing the entire thing) myself. Dorromikhal (talk) 19:33, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Timeline on iPad 

message: the sequence of events seems to be a bit confused here. Peter Flass (talk) 03:53, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  voyage to africa