==Origins== Narses was of Armenian descent. His first mention in a primary source is by Procopius in AD 530. The year of Narses` birth is unknown; historians have given dates including 478, 479 and 480. The year of his death is also unknown, with dates given between 566 and 574, making him eighty-six to ninety-six years old at his death. His fami....
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[general under Maurice] Narses was a Byzantine general of Armenian ancestry active during the reigns of the emperors Maurice and Phocas in the late sixth and early seventh centuries. He commanded the army in Mesopotamia under Maurice; when Phocas overthrew Maurice and seized the throne, Narses refused to recognize the usurper. Besieged by P...
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(from the article `patristic literature`) Another eminent Edessene writer was Narses (d. c. 503), who became one of the formative theologians of the Nestorian Church. He was the author of ...
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Byzantine general under Emperor Justinian I; his greatest achievement was the conquest of the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy for Byzantium.[5 related articles]
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king of the Ssnian Empire whose reign (293–302) saw the beginning of 40 years of peace with Rome.[5 related articles]
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(c. 478-c. 573) Byzantine general. Originally a eunuch slave, he later became an official in the imperial treasury. He was joint commander with the Roman general Belisarius in Italy 538-39, and in 552 destroyed...
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