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Gothic War (535–554)

535–554 · 6th century

The Gothic War was fought from 535 to 554 between the Byzantine Empire of Justinian I and the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy. Belisarius took Rome and Ravenna by 540, but the Goths recovered under Totila; Narses finally defeated them at Taginae (552) and Mons Lactarius, and the long war devastated Italy, much of which soon fell to the Lombards.

Gothic War (535–554)
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