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Originally Posted by Diogenes This pops up a lot, and my theory is that somewhere along the way Belisarius' fate was confused with John the Cappadocian, who did end up a beggar in Egypt. |
It's possible, but all of the legends concerning Belisarios as a blind beggar are significantly late, and do not show any indications of having better source material than the late 6th c. ones.