Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The World of Antonina
2. General of the East
3. Victory in Africa
4. The Eternal City
5. From Rome to Ravenna
6. Trying Times
7. Italy Redux
8. Twilight of a Power Couple
9. Afterlife and Legend
Appendix 1: Dramatis Personae
Appendix 2: Timeline
Appendix 3: The Wealth of Belisarius
Bibliography

About the Author

David Alan Parnell is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University Northwest and author of Justinian's Men: Careers and Relationships of Byzantine Army Officers, ca. 518-610.

Reviews

This is a splendid analysis of one of the great power couples of Late Antiquity. Outsiders both, Belisarius and Antonina, were alternatively welcome and unwelcome to their contemporaries; their lives together were objects of potent contemporary image making as well as intensely hostile gossip. Parnell does a masterful job untangling the complex traditions stemming from the ambiguity of their positions, both at the time and the later myths surrounding them. In so doing, he offers a valuable picture of the Roman Empire in the sixth century from a fresh perspective.
*David Potter, University of Michigan*

Parnell brings to life these two enigmatic figures, Antonina and Belisarius, in an enthralling narrative, in which he shows not just the trials and tribulations of Belisarius' career, but also the invaluable role played by Antonina in his western campaigns. Throughout, while taking a middle ground regarding the vexatious Secret History, Parnell has a knack of teasing out valuable insight into Antonina's actions and Belisarius' motives, which are often obscured by Procopius' sometimes cagey accounts.
*Conor Whately, University of Winnipeg*

This book combines military, social, and women's history in just over 200 pages of text. Parnell (Indiana Univ. Northwest) assesses the enduring and successful relationship between Belisarius, Justinian's most famous general, and his wife Antonina... Highly recommended. General readers and advanced undergraduates through faculty.
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