Narses the Armenian - Epic Byzantine Music

Music arranged by Farya Faraji, vocals by Farya Faraji. Please keep in mind that this isn’t reconstructed Byzantine music, only modern music with a thematic idea of the Byzantine empire. Narses, along with Belisarius, was one of the great generals of Justinian and Theodora’s era, fighting for the reconquest of the Italian peninsula along with many other battles. An Armenian, he was born in a region known as Persarmenia, then under the control of the Sasanian Empire, and he himself was from the Kamsarakan family, linked genealogically to the House of Karen, one of the seven great noble houses of the Parthians. Agathias Scholasticus says of him “He was a man of sound mind, and clever at adapting himself to the times. He was not versed in literature nor practiced in oratory, but made up for it by the fertility of his wits,“ and as “small and of a lean habit, but stronger and more high-spirited than would have been believed.“ Narses entered the court of Justinian and rose through the r