{"id":68815,"date":"2021-10-05T04:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=68815"},"modified":"2022-05-04T16:42:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T20:42:14","slug":"belisarius-part-1-the-emperors-sword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/10\/05\/belisarius-part-1-the-emperors-sword\/","title":{"rendered":"Belisarius Part 1: The Emperor&#8217;s Sword"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QOBH7hMh2Xs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Epic History TV<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 30 Sep 2021<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to our sponsor Brilliant &#8211; the first 200 to sign up to their Premium service get 20% off: <a href=\"https:\/\/brilliant.org\/epichistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/brilliant.org\/epichistory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Big thanks to Legendarian for <em>Total War: Attila<\/em> gameplay footage, check out his YouTube channel here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOI2IhyQ9qaUvwPl3sn0y4g\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOI2&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Total War: Attila<\/em> gameplay footage used with kind permission of Creative Assembly &mdash; buy the game here: <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/qDreR\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/geni.us\/qDreR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks also to the 555 mod crew for modding support, find out more about their mods here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3M0a2c1aHB1VmdfNldrMWpNX00ybkJHSVdyUXxBQ3Jtc0ttUGE0dDVxSHV2Tnk1T0tNbmM4Q2stLWZmbTRuSlUxMU9PM0RLaDZqN1dudk9fZ28yWGlUbG5XNGEzMldWZUp4eTkxdTlNZmdZMGlZSi1tRncyU192RW1OSDNoUWxGR1ktZGNHTFdwLXZoOUQ3emFwcw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcommunity.com%2Fsharedfiles%2Ffiledetails%2F%3Fid%3D1836928957\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfile&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa8 Original artwork by Mi\u0142ek Jakubiec <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/milek\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/milek<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83c\udfa8 Thanks to Igor Dzis for permission to use his painting, <em>Battle of Dara<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcdaRecommended reading (as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases):<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcd6Procopius, <em>History of the Wars<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/L3Pgc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/geni.us\/L3Pgc<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83d\udcd6<em>The Wars of Justinian<\/em> by Michael Whitby <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/Xxrd3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/geni.us\/Xxrd3<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83d\udcd6<em>Rome Resurgent <\/em>by Peter Heather <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/ZFoU1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/geni.us\/ZFoU1<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83d\udcd6<em>The Armies of Ancient Persia: the Sassanians<\/em> by Kaveh Farrokh <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/jMQo3z\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/geni.us\/jMQo3z<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83d\udcd6<em>Late Roman Cavalryman AD 236\u2013565<\/em> (Osprey) by Simon MacDowall <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/XMGl\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/geni.us\/XMGl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Support Epic History TV on Patreon from $1 per video, and get perks including ad-free early access &#038; votes on future topics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/EpicHistoryTV\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/EpicHistoryTV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc55 Buy EHTV t-shirts, hoodies, mugs and stickers here! teespring.com\/en-GB\/stores\/epic-histo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfb6Music from Filmstro: <a href=\"https:\/\/filmstro.com\/?ref=7765\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/filmstro.com\/?ref=7765<\/a><br \/>\nGet 20% off an annual license with this exclusive code: <code>EPICHISTORYTV_ANN<\/code><\/p>\n<p>#EpicHistoryTV #RomanEmpire #EasternRomanEmpire #Justinian #Belisarius #ByzantineEmpire<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I first discovered the Eastern Roman Empire in Robert Graves&#8217; brilliant novel <em>Count Belisarius<\/em> which I read nearly 50 years ago and still re-read every few years. 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