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Janus: God of the New Year

Ancient History Fangirl

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Ancient Hist Van - New Year's Resolution

Belisarius was trying to recapture italy for rome. His troops were largely gothic, celtic and other barbarian auxiliaries. He holed up his troops in the ancient city amidst the ruins of its greatness. The ensuing siege lasted a year. It' said that at some point during that brutal year, somebody no one knows who, snuck up to the geniculum padlocked for two centuries by decree of theodosius, and flung open the gates of janus. In this way, just as he was there for the beginning of rome, janus was there to mark its end. We also have some patrion members to

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