Proof that the Byz Army was INVINCIBLE!

[Zauba'a]

I bought John Julius Norwich's "Short History of Byzantium" a few days ago, and I just came upon this little section about an EARLY Byzantine victory... (sometime around 356 AD)

"The following year near Strasbourg, his (Julian the Apostate) 13,000 legionaries smashed a Frankish enemy of 30,000 or more, leaving some 6,000 dead on the field at a cost of just 247 of their own men."

Just imagine the look on the Byzantine generals' faces when they got the final count. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif "HOW MANY???"

[Rosacrux]

If you are impressed by that, you should check out the battles of Belissarius... he squashed the Vandals and the Goths, and his army losses were less than minimal.

But, again, Belissarius is one of the greatest tactical geniouses of all times...

[Zauba'a]

Around what year was Belissarius?

[Rosacrux]

He lived 505-565 I believe and was the leader of the Byzantine "reconquista" of the Northern African and Italian provinces, plus he fought succesfully against the Persian and suppressed several rebellions @home, with most prominent of the latter being the "Nika" incident.