Belisarius

the great general of the Roman Emperor Just in i an, was a native of Illyria. He commanded an expedition against the King of Persia about 530; suppre ed an insurrection at Constantinople; conquered Gelimer, King of the Vandals, and put an end to their dominion in Africa; was recalled and honored with a triumph. In 535, Belisarius was sent to Italy to carry on war with the Goths, and took Rome in 537. He was there unsucce fully besieged by Vitiges, whom he soon after besieged in turn, and captured at Ravenna, but was recalled, through jealousy, before he had completed the conquest of Italy. Belisarius recovered Rome from Totilus in 547, and was recalled the next year. He was afterward sent against the Huns. He was charged, in 563, with conspiracy against Just in i an, but was acquitted. That he was deprived of sight, and reduced to beggary, appears to be a fable of late invention. Died in 565.