Episode 225 - Belisarius in Metal
The History of Byzantium
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The Battle of Add Decimum - The Best Album Ever
The Vandals were Aryan, not barbaric pagans per se, but heretical at least. Gellamer overthrew the previous king because he was being too sympathetic to the Orthodox and there was this worry that he was going to essentially act as a puppet to Justinian or maybe even just give the kingdom back. But despite all the bad things that somebody may do, I just was really struck by the report of Gellamer being so emotional at the sight of his brother being dead at the Battle of Add Decimum.
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