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Belisarius & Antonina

Love and War in the Age of Justinian

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Belisarius & Antonina

By: David Alan Parnell
Narrated by: Julia Anthony
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Belisarius and Antonina were titans in the Roman world some 1,500 years ago. Belisarius was the most well-known general of his age, victor over the Persians, conqueror of the Vandals and the Goths, and as if this were not enough, wealthy beyond imagination. She made a name for herself by traveling with Belisarius on his military campaigns, deposing a pope, and scheming to disgrace important Roman officials. This unadulterated power and wealth did not mean that Belisarius and Antonina were universally successful in all that they undertook. These failures knock them from their lofty perch, humanize them, and make them even more relatable and intriguing to us today.



Belisarius & Antonina is the first modern portrait of this unique partnership. They were not merely husband and wife but also partners in power. This is a paradigm which might seem strange to us, as we reflexively imagine that marriages in the ancient world were staunchly traditional, relegating wives to the domestic sphere only. Their private and public lives blended as they traveled together, sometimes bringing their children, and worked side-by-side. Theirs was without a doubt the most important nonroyal marriage of the late Roman world, and one of the very few from all of antiquity that speaks directly to contemporary listeners.©2023 Oxford University Press Ancient Europe Gender Studies Historical Literary History & Criticism Rome Social Sciences Marriage Ancient History Italy Ancient Greece
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A excelent book on Belisarius, and Antonina. I would highlt recomend it. However the narrator to me sounds a wee bit robotic in the voice which is not my cup of tea. Otherwise excelent work, and a must buy

A must read book on The Justinian Era

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