Belisarius (Byzantine general; c.500–565)
Flavius Belisarius (c.500–565) was a Byzantine general, who conquered much of Italy during the first phase of the Gothic Wars.
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Did Narses invite the Lombards?
Why did the Lombards decide to invade Byzantine Italy in 568? A popular story was the Byzantine general Narses, who had just retaken Italy for the empire, invited them. Was Narses a traitor to the empire?