Battle of Taginae (also known as the Battle of Busta Gallorum) in June/July 552, the forces of the Byzantine Empire under Narses broke the power of the...
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Narses (category Byzantine people of Armenian descent)
reconstruction of the coming battles. Procopius referred to the next battle as "Busta Gallorum", but many historians now refer to it as the Battle of Taginae. Narses...
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Enfilade and defilade (category Tactical formations of the Napoleonic Wars)
have been appreciated since antiquity, whether in pitched battles such as the Battle of Taginae or in fortifications designed to provide the defenders with...
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Gualdo Tadino (redirect from Taginae)
defeating the Ostrogoth king Baduila in what is now known as the Battle of Taginae, the exact site of which is not known, but thought by most scholars to be a...
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– Battle of Taginae: Narses crosses the Apennines with a Byzantine army (25,000 men). He is blocked by a Gothic force under king Totila near Taginae (Central...
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behalf of Justinian I against the Ostrogoths in Italy. After the Battle of Taginae, in which the Ostrogoth king Totila was killed, the Byzantine general...
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Totila (category 6th-century kings of Italy)
force of 35,000 Lombards, Gepids and Heruli to Italy in a march around the Adriatic Sea to approach Ravenna from the north. In the Battle of Taginae, a decisive...
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following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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July 1 (redirect from 1st of July)
Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the Ostrogoth king, Totila, is mortally wounded. 1097 – Battle of...
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Ostrogoths (redirect from King of the Ostrogoths)
Totila's death at the Battle of Taginae. The war lasted almost 21 years and caused enormous damage across Italy, reducing the population of the peninsula. Any...
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that of the Battle of Taginae, with the infantry in the centre, backed by archers, and the cavalry on the wings. Narses himself took command of the right...
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Foederati (category Military units and formations of the Roman Republic)
the Battle of Taginae, a large contingent of the Byzantine army was made up of Lombards, Gepids and Bulgars. In the east, foederati were formed out of several...
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Totila's takeover of Rome. A large Eastern Roman force was assembled in 550-551 under Narses, landing in Italy in 552. At the Battle of Taginae, the Ostrogoths...
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Teia (category 6th-century kings of Italy)
raised over a shield after Totila was killed in the Battle of Taginae (also known as the Battle of Busta Gallorum) in July 552. After this major Gothic...
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Goths (redirect from History of the Goths)
was, however, killed at the Battle of Taginae in 552. After the last stand of the Ostrogothic king Teia at the Battle of Mons Lactarius in 553, Ostrogothic...
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Reinforcements having arrived, Totila launched a sudden attack at the Battle of Taginae, with a mounted assault on the Byzantine centre. The attack failed...
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(542) Battle of Mucellium (542) Siege of Naples (543) Sack of Rome (546) Siege of Rome (549–550) Battle of Sena Gallica (551) Battle of Taginae (552)...
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was to be brief. The arrival of Narses in 551 spelled the beginning of the end for the Goths, and in the Battle of Taginae in 552 the Goths were routed...
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held off Persian archery and cavalry charges, and the Battle of Taginae, where a small group of fifty Byzantine soldiers seized a hill and formed into a "phalanx"...
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Eunuch (section The hijra of South Asia)
Narses (478–573): general of Byzantine emperor Justinian I, responsible for destroying the Ostrogoths in 552 at the Battle of Taginae in Italy and reconquering...
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Procopius (redirect from Procopius of Caesarea)
Byzantine Studies 46 (2006) 175–206. Rance, Philip: Narses and the Battle of Taginae (552 AD): Procopius and Sixth-Century Warfare, in: Historia. Zeitschrift...
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Belisarius (category Generals of Justinian I)
character in the Mobile/PC Game Rise of Kingdoms. Byzantine Empire portal Anastasian War Asinarius Aspar Battle of Taginae Byzantine Empire under the Justinian...
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defeated and killed in the Battle of Taginae by the Byzantine general Narses in 552. When Ravenna fell to the Lombards in the middle of the 6th century, Syracuse...
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from the Sasanians 552 – Battle of Taginae – Narses replaces Belisarius and defeats Ostrogoths under Totila 553 – Battle of Mons Lactarius Narses defeats...
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– Battle of Taginae: Narses crosses the Apennines with a Byzantine army (25,000 men). He is blocked by a Gothic force under king Totila near Taginae (Central...
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Tactics, Phoenix 58 (2004) pp. 96–130. Rance, Philip, 'Narses and the Battle of Taginae (Busta Gallorum) 552: Procopius and sixth-century Warfare', Historia...
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Kingdom of Italy with Napoleon as the new king. This state was disbanded with the collapse of Napoleonic rule in 1814. After the Battle of Taginae, in which...
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background of these events, see Ancient Rome and History of the Byzantine Empire. Following tradition, this timeline marks the deposition of Romulus Augustulus...
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Lombards (redirect from Siege of Pavia (569–72))
large contingent of Foederati, notably Lombards, Heruls and Bulgars, defeated the last Ostrogoths led by Teia in the Battle of Taginae. In approximately...
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Battle of Dara (530) Vandalic War (533-534) Battle of Ad Decimum (533) Battle of Tricamarum (533) Gothic War (535-554) Battle of Taginae (552) Battle...
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