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
Belisarius mosaic
Nuremberg chronicles f 145v 1
John (nephew of Vitalian)
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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
Mosaic dedicated to John in the Pesaro Cathedral