Belisarius sends John "the Sanguinary" with a …
Years: 537 - 537
December
Belisarius sends John "the Sanguinary" with a force of two thousand men towards Picenum in December to plunder the east coast of Italy.
He arrives at Ariminum (Rimini), where the local Roman population welcomes him.
Locations
People
Groups
- Goths (East Germanic tribe)
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Christians, Monophysite
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Italy, Praetorian prefecture of
- Ostrogoths, Italian Kingdom of the
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Justinian dynasty
Topics
- Migration Period
- Famines and plagues 400 to 800
- Migration Period Pessimum
- Gothic (Italian) War
- Extreme weather events of 535-536
- Rome, Siege of
