WebThe Balearic Islands (/ ˌ b æ l i ˈ ær ɪ k / BAL-ee-ARR-ik or / b ə ˈ l ɪər ɪ k / bə-LEER-ik; Catalan: Illes Balears [ˈiʎəz bəleˈas]; Spanish: Islas Baleares [ˈizlaz βaleˈaɾes]) are an archipelago in the Balearic Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The archipelago is an autonomous community and a province of Spain; its capital is …

WebWilliam Tecumseh Sherman (/ t ɪ ˈ k ʌ m s ə / tih-KUM-sə; February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), achieving recognition for his command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the scorched-earth …

WebThe Vandals were a Germanic people who first inhabited what is now southern Poland. They established Vandal kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean islands, and North Africa in the fifth century.. The Vandals migrated to the area between the lower Oder and Vistula rivers in the second century BC and settled in Silesia from around 120 BC. …

WebBelisarius series by David Drake and Eric Flint; Count Belisarius (1938), by Robert Graves, set in the 6th century, in the reign of Justinian; The Dancing Bear (1972), by Peter Dickinson. Young adult. Justinian, a novel, by H N Turteltaub (Harry Turtledove), August 1998; The Palaeologian Dynasty. The Rise and Fall of Byzantium

WebJustinian was born in Tauresium, Dardania, around 482. A native speaker of Latin (possibly the last Roman emperor to be one), he came from a peasant family believed to have been of Illyro-Roman or of Thraco-Roman origin. The cognomen Iustinianus, which he took later, is indicative of adoption by his uncle Justin. During his reign, he founded Justiniana Prima …

WebBelisar (lateinisch Flavius Belisarius, altgriechisch Βελισάριος Belisarios; * um 500/505; † 565) war ein oströmischer General und Feldherr des Kaisers Justinian I. Laut seinem Zeitgenossen Prokopios von Caesarea stammte er vom Balkan, aus der Stadt Germania (heute Saparewa Banja in Bulgarien), die zwischen Thrakien und dem Illyricum lag.

WebBélisaire (en grec : Βελισάριος / Belisários ; en latin : Flavius Belisarius), né vers l'an 500 en Macédoine, aux confins de l'Illyrie et de la Thrace, et mort en 565 à Constantinople, était un général romain d'Orient.. Souvent victorieux, il est parfois considéré comme le dernier grand général romain.Par ses succès, il contribue grandement aux reconquêtes de …

WebI, Claudius is a historical novel by English writer Robert Graves, published in 1934.Written in the form of an autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius, it tells the history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the early years of the Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC to Caligula's assassination in AD 41. Though the narrative is …

WebByzantines, under Belisarius, retake North Africa from the Vandals. Vandal kingdom ends and the Reconquest of North Africa is completed. 535–554: Gothic War in Italy as a part of Justinian's Reconquest. Byzantines retook Italy but crippled the Byzantine economy and left Italy unable to cope against the oncoming Lombards. 563