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Belisarius is a 1724 tragedy by the British writer William Phillips. It is based on the life of the Byzantine general Belisarius, sometimes dubbed the "Last of the Romans". The original Lincoln's Inn Fields cast included Anthony Boheme as Belisarius, Lacy Ryan as Justinian I, Richard Diggs as Vitiges, Thomas Walker as Proclus, James Quin as Hermogenes, John Egleton as Macro, Anne Brett as Almira and Anne Parker as Valeria.
During the ninth-century Viking invasion of Ireland, King O’Brien is besieged at the Hill of Tara by Viking king Tergesius and waits for aid from the Ulster leader O’Neill. Phillips presents the Irish as defending their country against Viking tyranny.
Belisarius is a 1724 tragedy by the British writer William Phillips. It is based on the life of the Byzantine general Belisarius, sometimes dubbed the "Last of the Romans". The original Lincoln's Inn Fields cast included Anthony Boheme as Belisarius, Lacy Ryan as Justinian I, Richard Diggs as Vitiges, Thomas Walker as Proclus, James Quin as Hermogenes, John Egleton as Macro, Anne Brett as Almira and Anne Parker as Valeria.
During the ninth-century Viking invasion of Ireland, King O’Brien is besieged at the Hill of Tara by Viking king Tergesius and waits for aid from the Ulster leader O’Neill. Phillips presents the Irish as defending their country against Viking tyranny.