Gothic War
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Byzantine Empire, Barbarians, Nomads
- Curriculum: Italian History, Medieval History/Middle Ages, Eastern European History, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Italy
- Date: 534-554
Article abstract: At issue: Control of the Italian peninsula. Result: Byzantine control of Italian peninsula.
Background
The Gothic War comprises that twenty-year period during the sixth century when the Eastern Roman Empire retook the Italian peninsula from the Ostrogoths.
The Goths were a Germanic tribe, who likely originated from the area of Scandinavia that came to be known as Sweden. In the early years of the common era, the Goths moved southward toward the region of the Lower Danube River. In the late fourth century, the Goths split into the...
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