Siege of Ariminum (538)
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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.
Quarter Siliqua of Vitiges (also known as Witigis)
Belisarius mosaic
Narses
Siege of Ravenna (539–540)
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The siege of Ravenna took place in late 539 – May 540 during the Gothic War of 535 to 554 between the Byzantine forces against the besieged Ostrogoths. The capture of Ravenna concluded the first phase
Detail of a mosaic of Justinian in the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, AD 547
Belisarius refusing the crown of Italy offered by the Goths in 540
Nuremberg chronicles f 145v 1