Siege of Salona (537)
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The siege of Salona took place in February 537 AD during the Gothic War, where Ostrogoths attempted to seize the city of Salona, controlled by the Byzantine Empire.
Sketch of Skradon in 1574, capturing the topography of the area
Model of a Byzantine warship (dromon) at Athens War Museum
Part of the Salona ruins.
Gothic War (535–554)
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The Gothic War between the Eastern Roman Empire during the reign of Emperor Justinian I and the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy took place from 535 to 554 in the Italian Peninsula, Dalmatia, Sardinia, Si
The Porta Asinaria, through which the Byzantine army entered Rome
Belisarius attacking the Ostrogoths in Rome, 536, by Hermann Vogel
Witigis in the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493
Belisarius refusing the crown of Italy offered by the Goths in 540