- Byzantines, led by Belisarius.
Belisarius took both
Vitiges and
Matasuntha captive to Constantinople, and
Vitiges died
there in 542,
without any children. Procopius...
-
elected Vitiges as
their new king. Theodahad, who fled from Rome to Ravenna, was
murdered by an
agent of
Vitiges on the way. In the meantime,
Vitiges held...
-
started odds-on
favourite but
Vitiges,
ridden a
usual by Rivases, won by a
length at odds of 5.2/1. On his next
appearance Vitiges was sent to
England for the...
-
Europe for
naming years.
Emperor Justinian I
offers to make
peace with
Vitiges, but
Belisarius refuses to
transmit the message. The
Ostrogoths then offer...
- with a
large force,
Vitiges used his
numbers to
absorb the
attack and then to counter-attack,
winning the battle. Regardless,
Vitiges was
losing the siege...
-
March 2 –
Siege of Rome: The
Ostrogothic army (45,000 men)
under King
Vitiges begins the
siege of the city.
Belisarius conducts a
delaying action outside...
- Belisarius,
leaving their troops with John.
Shortly afterwards,
Vitiges besieged the town.
Vitiges quickly built a
siege tower which,
unlike during the siege...
- by
Vitiges. He left Rome for Ravenna,
where he
married Amalasuntha's
daughter Matasuntha and
began rallying his
forces against the invasion.
Vitiges led...
- Bridge.
After fierce resistance,
Vitiges routs in panic, and many are
slain or
drowned in the river.
Gothic War:
Vitiges strengthens the
garrisons of various...
- afterwards,
Vitiges besieged the town, in an
encounter known as the
Siege of Ariminum.
After unsuccessfully attempting to use a
siege ladder,
Vitiges began...
