Count Belisarius Author:Robert Graves Count Belisarius was a soldier who rose with determination and intelligence to become the last of the great generals of the Roman Empire. Robert Graves' engrossing novel follows the life of Belisarius in his service to Emperor Justinian, ruler of the great city of Constantinople and the vast Byzantine Empire, as he commanded his legions in campa... more »igns to the West and South, against the Goths in Italy and the Vandals in Africa, and across the Eastern borders of the Empire against the sweeping threat of the Persians.« less