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Justinian seizes the opportunity to protest the …
Years: 535 - 535
May
Justinian seizes the opportunity to protest the murder of Amalasuntha, whose diplomatic relations with the Eastern emperor had always been marked by cordiality and even dependency.
Thinking that this is now his opportunity to support his fellow Catholics and to reassert direct control over the West, Justinian dispatches an expeditionary force of only eight thousand soldiers (half are heavy East Roman cavalry) to begin the reconquest of Italy and sends Belisarius with a fleet to attack Sicily, while an embassy sets off to gain the support of the powerful Franks now settled in Gaul.
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People
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- Goths (East Germanic tribe)
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Italy, Praetorian prefecture of
- Ostrogoths, Italian Kingdom of the
- Orléans (eventually Burgundy), Frankish Kingdom of
- Soissons (eventually Neustria), Frankish Kingdom of
- Reims, Frankish Kingdom of
- Paris, Frankish Kingdom of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Justinian dynasty
Topics
- Migration Period
- Migration Period Pessimum
- Gothic (Italian) War
- Wars against the Moors
- Extreme weather events of 535-536
Commodoties
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Regions
Subregions
Years: 535 - 535
May
Locations
People
Groups
- Goths (East Germanic tribe)
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Italy, Praetorian prefecture of
- Ostrogoths, Italian Kingdom of the
- Orléans (eventually Burgundy), Frankish Kingdom of
- Soissons (eventually Neustria), Frankish Kingdom of
- Reims, Frankish Kingdom of
- Paris, Frankish Kingdom of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Justinian dynasty
Topics
- Migration Period
- Migration Period Pessimum
- Gothic (Italian) War
- Wars against the Moors
- Extreme weather events of 535-536
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions