"But when the corn-lands had no more grain and all the Romans (Byzantines) had come into an exceedingly evil plight, they surrounded Belisarius and tried to compel him to stake everything on a single battle with the enemy (Goths), promising that not one of the Romans (Byzantines) would be absent from the engagement."
-History of the Wars, Book VI, Article III

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"But when the corn-lands had no more grain and all the Romans (Byzantines) had come into an exceedingly evil plight, they surrounded Belisarius and tried to compel him to stake everything on a single battle with the enemy (Goths), promising that not one of the Romans (Byzantines) would be absent from the engagement."
-History of the Wars, Book VI, Article III

anonymous · Answer

According to the passage, why did the Byzantines want Belisarius to stake everything in a single battle against the Goths?

micahm · Answer

at the plotting of the Goths nor did she, womanlike, weakly give way, but still .... but quite zealously even gave thee free passage against the enemy and ...... and tried to compel him to stake everything on a single battle with the enemy,

micahm · Answer

please put this in your own words

anonymous · Answer

k hun

micahm · Answer

this is what jj o donela says Briefly put, the scholarly consensus to date runs something like this. ... His Getica is merely an abridgement of Cassiodorus' Gothic History (since lost to us) .... [7]] In paragraphs 378-388, the whole sordid course of the Gothic-Byzantine war .... There are numerous references from one passage back to an earlier one -- in ...
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