03-15-2005, 08:20 AM
I recommend "Justinian's Wars" by Roy Boss and published by Montvert. Roy covers all of the major campaigns fought by Belisarius and concludes with those of Narses.<br>
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Byzantine cavalry were not called cataphracts but rather kaballarioi from the Latin for horsemen. Latin was still used by the military, although Greek was becoming more common. The secretary of Belisarius, Procopius, wrote his history of the wars in Greek. These are available from Loeb with the Greek and English side-by-side.<br>
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Perry <p></p><i></i>
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Byzantine cavalry were not called cataphracts but rather kaballarioi from the Latin for horsemen. Latin was still used by the military, although Greek was becoming more common. The secretary of Belisarius, Procopius, wrote his history of the wars in Greek. These are available from Loeb with the Greek and English side-by-side.<br>
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Perry <p></p><i></i>
