Hughes, who has written widely on the late Roman Army, including Aetius: Attila's Nemesis, gives us an excellent life and times of Flavius Belisarius (c. AD 505-5 65), the Emperor Justinian’s great ...

In 1780, the great neoclassical painter Jacques-Louis David completed one of his finest works. Entitled “Belisarius Begging for Alms,” the oil painting depicts an aging warrior, blinded with a hand ...