Rome’s Savior, Constantinople’s Threat The Fall of Belisarius

Описание: Rome’s Savior, Constantinople’s Threat: The Fall of Belisarius -Belisarius—the greatest general of the Byzantine Empire—reconquered North Africa, held Rome against impossible odds, and ended the Gothic war with a move so ruthless and brilliant that even his enemies respected him.

But the more he won, the more dangerous he became to the people who ruled from the palace.

This video reopens a true “historical cold case”: Why does an empire need a hero to survive… and then break that hero to sleep at night?
From the Battle of Dara and the Nika Riots to the Vandal conquest, the Ravenna crown offer, the Plague of 542, and the political trial that followed—this is a story about loyalty, paranoia, and the price of winning too much.

👉 If you were Belisarius—would you stay loyal… or take the crown to save yourself?


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Timestamps:

00:00 — Cold open: the “begging Belisarius” legend & the core mystery
02:05 — Justinian rises: the empire needs a weapon
04:10 — Belisarius appears: discipline, private guard, palace fear
06:15 — Dara: winning with geometry—and planting suspicion
09:05 — Nika: the Hippodrome massacre, saving the throne with blood
12:30 — Exile by assignment: the North Africa campaign begins
14:10 — Africa: “discipline over plunder” and a lightning-fast victory
17:05 — Triumph… and the palace’s cold smile: winning becomes a threat
19:10 — Italy: Rome 536, a ghost city and a brutal siege
22:40 — Survival engineering: Tiber mills and holding Rome by willpower
25:30 — Ravenna 540: the crown offer & the bloodless trap
29:05 — Homecoming in silence: the empire starts “killing the symbol”
31:10 — Plague of 542: power collapses into survival instinct
33:44 — End beat: from hero to “threat” (strong cliffhanger)