Battle of Dara, 530 (ALL PARTS) ⚔️ How Belisarius used trench warfare to stop a massive Persian army

🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅 Many of you requested all parts of the Battle of Dara mini series be merged into one video. I thought it fitting to release it on New Year's weekend. I'd like to thank all of you for your support! I feel blessed to have such a wonderful community here that has enabled me to do this full time. Huge thanks and much love to you all! I wish you a very Happy 2023! 🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅 🚩 In the late 5th and early 6th centuries, there began a general ambition by the Byzantine hierarchy to restore the Empire’s territory back to the height of the Roman Empire from where it had evolved. Consequently a series of campaigns began across Italy, North Africa, the Balkans, and the Middle East, to rebuild the former glory. It should be noted that at this point in history, the enemies faced by the Byzantines were far more numerous and better organised than those that Rome had first faced centuries earlier. These were now the evolved enemies that had defeated Rome just 100-150 years earlier. Nevertheless, a Byzantine general by the name Belisarius would rise to the challenge... 🚩 Consider supporting HistoryMarche on Patreon and enjoy early access ad-free videos for as little as $1:   / historymarche   📢 Narrated by David McCallion 🎼 Music: EpidemicSound.com 📝 Sources Encyclopaedia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles... Daryaee, T. Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire. I.B. Tauris, 2013. https://www.ancient.eu/books/1780763786/ Farrokh, K. Shadows in the Desert. Osprey Publishing, 2007. https://www.ancient.eu/books/1846031087/ Katouzian, H. The Persians: Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern Iran. Yale University Press, 2010. https://www.ancient.eu/books/0300169329/ #belisarius #byzantineempire #historymarche