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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Byzantine Wars-Belisarius and Narses.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Caesar achieve relatively bloodless victories?
(a) By avoiding fortified towns.
(b) By using amphibious assaults.
(c) By providing better weapons for his troops.
(d) By attacking supply lines.

2. In addition to the physical gains, why did Fabius employ his brand of warfare?
(a) For pure fame and glory.
(b) In order to pillage territories more effectively.
(c) To wear down his opponent's strength.
(d) For pyschological effect.

3. In what way did Caesar excel as a general?
(a) In battles in unusual and difficult terrain.
(b) In set-piece battles on open plains.
(c) At destroying enemy armies wholesale.
(d) At sapping the morale of enemy forces.

4. In their second war against the Greeks, the massive Persian army and navy that supported it created what strategic problem?
(a) A narrow front.
(b) Dependance on local resources.
(c) Low "division slice."
(d) An obvious "line of expectation."

5. How did the Greeks contain the superior numbers of their enemies?
(a) By levying soldiers from the citizenry.
(b) By retreating into a narrow strait.
(c) By using mercenaries.
(d) By bribing Persian soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Belisarius's first major reconquest?

2. Who led the second Persian invasion of Greece?

3. In what area of generalship did Belisarius excel?

4. Belisarius's legacy caused the Byzantines to adopt what military strategy for centuries?

5. Compared to normal military strategies, indirect strategies strive to achieve what goal?

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