De Bellis

Books

• Book I

  Procopius chronicles Justinian's wars of reconquest — the campaigns to reclaim the western Roman Empire from the Vandals in Africa and the Goths in Italy.

  793 lines
• Book II

  Belisarius's lightning conquest of Vandal Africa, accomplished with a small army and audacious generalship.

  967 lines
• Book III

  The Persian Wars: Rome's eternal conflict on its eastern frontier, where Belisarius defends the empire against Khosrow I.

  653 lines
• Book IV

  The continuation of the Persian frontier wars, including the devastating plague that strikes Constantinople.

  898 lines
• Book V

  Belisarius's Italian campaign begins with the reconquest of Sicily and the siege of Rome.

  890 lines
• 6
  Book 6

  The Gothic War grinds on as Totila recaptures much of Italy, and Belisarius struggles with inadequate resources.

  907 lines
• Book VII

  Narses replaces Belisarius and finally destroys Gothic resistance at the Battle of Taginae, ending the Ostrogothic kingdom.

  1096 lines
• 8
  Book 8

  The final campaigns in Italy and the Lazic War on the Black Sea coast bring Procopius's history of Justinian's wars to their conclusion.

  1036 lines