John, also known as John the Sanguinary, was a Byzantine general under Justinian I and took an active part in the Gothic War against the Ostrogoths. He was the nephew of the rebel Vitalian, and later

The siege of Ariminum, also known as the siege of Rimini, was an encounter in 538 AD during the Gothic War, where the Byzantine forces broke the siege by the Ostrogoths.