Comments on: Gothic War: Byzantine Count Belisarius Retakes Rome

By: Who the #$@* is Belisarius? « The Last Roman: A Novel of Belisarius

Who the #$@* is Belisarius? « The Last Roman: A Novel of Belisarius — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:21:51 +0000

[...] If you’re interested in further reading, I recommend Belisarius’ wikipedia entry and this thoroughly readable account of the Siege of Rome. [...]

By: Too Much of a Good Thing… « Carpe Hot Dog

Too Much of a Good Thing… « Carpe Hot Dog — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:43:18 +0000

[...] of Rome in 536/7. 5,000 men against an army of 50,000 and he pulled it off. You can read about it HERE. That defense could, I think, make for an awesome story in its own [...]

By: kevin

kevin — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:58:03 +0000

you never mentioned that the war lasted from march 537 to march 538(1 yr and 7 days)

By: John Kelley

John Kelley — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:36:39 +0000

The description of building destroyed by Vandals and Visigoths is not quite right. The Ostrogothic King gave money for the upkeep of the urban structure of Rome. Money was being used to maintain Rome and its population ranged between 150,000 – 300,000 in the 6th Century befor the Gothic Wars. Your description about the condition of the building is way off What really brought ruin to Rome was the massive earthquake of 847 that destroyed the palaces on Palentine hill and one of the large basilicas.