Count Belisarius is a historical novel by Robert Graves, first published in 1938, recounting the life of the Byzantine general Belisarius. An historical novel is a Novel in which the story is set among historical events or more generally in which the time of the action predates the lifetime of the Author Robert Graves (24 July 1895 &ndash 7 December 1985 was an English Poet, Translator and Novelist. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Flavius Belisarius (Βελισάριος (505(? – 565 was one of the greatest Generals of the Byzantine Empire and one of the most acclaimed generals in history
Like Graves' better-known works I, Claudius and Claudius the God, the book has been written by laying down as much detail as is historically known about Belisarius, and then filling in the gaps with credible fiction. I Claudius is a Novel by English writer Robert Graves, first published in 1934, that deals sympathetically with the life of I Claudius is a Novel by English writer Robert Graves, first published in 1934, that deals sympathetically with the life of As the Claudius books were based upon, for example, The Twelve Caesars of Suetonius, among an extensive bibliography, Count Belisarius is based on the History of Justinian's Wars and the Secret History of Procopius. Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius (ca 69/75 &ndash after 130 was an equestrian and a historian during the Roman Empire. Procopius of Caesarea ( Προκόπιος ο Καισαρεύς, c
But whereas the books based on Claudius use an autobiographical style, this work purports to be a biography written by his manservant, and thus can be seen as a satire of hagiographies sometimes written by contemporaries of great historical figures. Hagiography ( is the study of Saints. A hagiography, from Greek (hağios (ἅγιος "holy" or "saint" and graphē (γραφή
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