Gothic War (535 554)

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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The Gothic War was a war fought in Italy and the adjoining regions of Dalmatia, Sardinia, Sicily and Corsica from 535 until 554 between the forces of the Eastern Roman Empire and the forces of the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy. It is commonly divided in two phases, the first (535-540) which ended with the fall of Ravenna and the apparent conquest of Italy by the Romans, and the second phase (540/541-553), where the Gothic resistance was reinvigorated under Totila and was put down only after long struggle by Narses, who also defeated the Frankish-Alamannic invasion of 554. However, various cities in northern Italy continued to hold out until the early 560s. The war had its roots in the ambition of Roman Emperor Justinian to recover the provinces of the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost to invading barbarian tribes during the previous century (see also Migration Period). The long duration of the conflict meant that by its end Italy was devastated and depopulated with the Italian population dropping from 7 million to 2.5 million as a consequence of war, famine and epidemics and the Eastern Empire's resources depleted.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786130260873
• ISBN-10: 6130260873
• Artikelnr.: 28115353