This post is mostly a photographic presentation of the Daulatabad Fort, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. Continue reading “The Daulatabad Fort, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India”
The Daulatabad Fort, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
The Ellora Buddhist, Hindu & Jain Caves – Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
This post is mostly a photographic presentation of the Ellora Buddhist, Hindu & Jain Caves – Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. Continue reading “The Ellora Buddhist, Hindu & Jain Caves – Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India”
Monuments from Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
This post is mostly a photographic presentation of monuments from Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. Continue reading “Monuments from Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India”
Flavius Belisarius saves New Rome in his last military act
After Theodora’s death, Justinian seems to have trusted no one: his destined successor, Justinus, son of his sister, was kept in the background, and no great minister seems to have possessed his confidence. Continue reading “Flavius Belisarius saves New Rome in his last military act”
The Roman army on the march – The Roman camp
The following is their manner of breaking up camp. Immediately upon the signal being given they take down the tents and every one packs up. Continue reading “The Roman army on the march – The Roman camp”
The last years of Justinian’s reign: Antioch sacked by Chosroes’ Persians – The Plague irreversibly weakens the Empire
The slackness with which the generals of Justinian prosecuted the Gothic war in the period between the triumph of Belisarius at Ravenna in A. D. 540, and the final conquest of Italy in A. D. 553, is mainly to be explained by the fact that, just at the moment of the fall of Ravenna, the empire became involved in a new struggle with its great Eastern neighbour. Continue reading “The last years of Justinian’s reign: Antioch sacked by Chosroes’ Persians – The Plague irreversibly weakens the Empire”
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