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.