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Justinian I attempted to restore Roman Authority in Italy but it ended up in a fiasco when leading commander of the Roman Army, Belisarius, died in Ravenna. Even worse was when the Army morale broke and was targeted by ambushed by Goths and Lombards. The disaster of the campaign and continous hostility by both Ostrogoths, Vandals and Turkic Tribes around the Black Sea caused unmanagable pressure on the borders. By 700, the East Romans were merely a city of Constantinople at mercy of the Bulgars.

If Belisarius succeeded in reconquering Italy, would the East Roman Empire last longer? Would the Persian King convert to Christianity anyway?
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