Epilogue: Justinian And The Reconquest Of The Mediterranean Essay, Research Paper
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532 ? Justinian tries
to break loose from circle ? enormous um money to East ? beats Vandals and then
contends with Ostrogoths and Persian almost simultaneously. Did he know it was
a Mediterranean based empire saving? ?
Time and time again
Byzantine mastery of the sea mentioned ? advantages over Goths. ?
Rouge conc. That Roman
naval power in Med disappeared 0 as wars dragged on thalassokratia exposed as
mirage ? East could not afford expensive naval outings to the Med as wars in
west dragged on.? Justinian?s army
trapped on mainland without supplies. ?
Successors abandon
West ? new civilisation in West, not because Med blockaded, East could not take
advantage of it, Babas rudimentary eco. Dev that unable to embark of grand
commerce there without Byzantine stimulation. ?
Byzantine reaping
poisonous harvest of dilemma ? northern frontier Avars and Slavs and east great
powers letting blood until triumphant advent of Islam.