Belisarius a blind beggar??

What up ya'll?? So Ive been doin a lil diggin on Belisarius as of recently and found out that at the end of his military service he was accused and found guilty of corruption(probably bogus) and that his eyes were cut out and he was reduced to a simple beggar. Funny enough some historians dont accept this and some do...???

It is not true. Justinian's dislike for Belisarius was not innate, it was caused by the jeolous machinations of his wife Theodora. Belisarius and Justinian both died in 665, Theodora succumbed to cancer many years previously. With Theodora out of the picture, Justinian saw fit to reinstate Belisarius in a position of some dignity and command. I think the obvious evidence that Belisarius was not blinded and disgraced comes from the fact that statues of the general were still standing many centuries later. Had he been blinded these surely would have been torn down.

Nope, I would imagine they were carried off in the tragedy of 1204. I think it was actually in the accounts of the men from that Crusade that they are mentioned.

Actually he was acquitted from the charges sooner than a year, his privileges given back to him and he lived his last days honourably.