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People: Wilfred the Hairy
Location: Karachev Bryanskaya Oblast Russia

Liberius had returned to Constantinople by May …

Years: 555 - 555
March

Liberius had returned to Constantinople by May 553 and it is likely that an imperial force from Italy, which had only recently been pacified after the Gothic War, lands at Cartagena in early March 555.

Their landing is violent.

The native population, which includes the family of Leander of Seville, is well disposed to the Visigoths and the imperial government of the city is forced to suppress their freedoms, an oppression that will last decades into their occupation.

Leander and most of his family flee and his writings preserve the strong anti-imperial sentiment.

The imperial force marches inland to …