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Originally Posted by BigOlChiefsfan
David Drake has modeled a couple of his 'military sci-fi' series on Belisarius...minus the eye-poke ending. Quite nice, really, in a 'learn something from pulp fiction' sort of way. If you're ever forced to hold back a tide of nomads, you'll have a clue anyway.
I'd also recommend Count Belisarius by Robert Graves. Actually, almost anything by Graves. I may take my own advice, I'm about due to revisit I, Claudius/Claudius the God.
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I'll take a look.
Most scholars have, I think, rejected the eye-poke as being a fable. It is rather over the top and hard to believe, even for the Byzantines.
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