Belisarios: General. Born in Thrace c. 505, died in Constantinople 565. He fought against the Persians at Dara (Mesopotamia, 530), suppressed the Nika revolt (532), defeated the Vandals in North Africa (533-534), occupied Sicily and entered Rome (536); Belisarios was sent back to Italy in 544 and recalled in 548; in 559-560, he led an emergency defence against the Cotrigur Huns who threatened Constantinople and Thrace.