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Invasion of Italy

Roman Empire · Warfare / Roman Empire-Ostrogoth War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Flavius Belisarius541

Warfare / Roman Empire-Ostrogoth War

The Ostrogoths had elected Totila as their new leader and had mounted a vigorous campaign against the Romans, recapturing all of northern Italy and even driving the Romans out of Rome. Belisarius managed to recover Rome briefly but his Italian campaign proved unsuccessful, due in no small part to his limited supplies and reinforcements

Names involved

Flavius Belisarius

Provenance

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