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Narses
Narses was an Armenian eunuch who rose to high office at the court of Justinian I and became one of his leading generals. He helped suppress the Nika riots in 532 and, in command of the Gothic War from 551, defeated Totila at Taginae and Teia at Mons Lactarius. He then destroyed a Frankish and Alemannic invasion at Casilinum in 554 and governed Italy until about 567.
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