Belisarius
Flavius Belisarius [Βελισάριος] (c. 505 – 565) was one of the greatest generals of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire.
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[edit]- For not by numbers of men, nor by measure of body, but by valor of soul is war to be decided.
- As quoted in 100 Decisive Battles : From Ancient Times to the Present (2001) by Paul K. Davis, p. 93; cited to the records of Procopius, in Procopius, Vol. IV, I, pp. 15-16.
- Nothing is more shameful than to fall in with the plans of the enemy.
- Belisarius to his soldiers according to Procopius, Wars 6.23.33, tr. by Dewing, p. 75
- In warfare, it is the unexpected which is accustomed to govern the course of events.
- Belisarius as recorded by Procopius, History of the Wars, Book III.xv.25–31
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