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Theodoric the Great, as he is sometimes distinguished, was sometimes the friend, sometimes the enemy, of the Empire. [53] In the former case he was clothed with various Roman titles and offices, as patrician and consul ; but in all cases alike he remained the national Ostrogothic king. [ 54 ]
The Ostrogothic Kingdom, officially the Kingdom of Italy (Latin: Regnum Italiae), [5] was a barbarian kingdom established by the Germanic Ostrogoths that controlled Italy and neighbouring areas between 493 and 553.
Totila, original name Baduila (died 1 July 552), was the penultimate King of the Ostrogoths, reigning from 541 to 552 AD.A skilled military and political leader, Totila reversed the tide of the Gothic War, recovering by 543 almost all the territories in Italy that the Eastern Roman Empire had captured from his Kingdom in 540.
The forces made available to Belisarius were small, especially when compared with the much larger army he had fielded against the Vandals, an enemy much weaker than the Ostrogoths. The preparations for the operation were carried out in secret, while Justinian tried to secure the neutrality of the Franks with gifts of gold. [8]
He states that many perished on the journey, since they were already enfeebled by famine and many were killed on the road by the enemy. [ 2 ] Pope Vigilius , who had fled to the safety of Syracuse , sent a flotilla of grain ships to feed Rome, but Totila's navy intercepted them near the mouth of the Tiber and captured the fleet.
The Ostrogoth garrison quickly realized that, with the population hostile, their position was untenable. Thus, on 9 December 536 AD, Belisarius entered Rome through the Asinarian Gate at the head of 5,000 troops, while the Ostrogoth garrison was leaving the city through the Flaminian Gate and headed north towards Ravenna. [ 6 ]
Odoacer [a] (/ ˌ oʊ d oʊ ˈ eɪ s ər / OH-doh-AY-sər; [b] c. 433 – 15 March 493 AD), also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, [c] was a barbarian soldier and statesman from the Middle Danube who deposed the Western Roman child emperor Romulus Augustulus and became the ruler of Italy (476–493).
At a place known as Busta Gallorum (Ancient Greek: Βουσταγαλλώρων, romanized: Boustagallṓrōn, lit. "tombs of the Gauls"), [7] near the village of Taginae or Tadinae (traditionally located somewhere to the north of modern Gualdo Tadino), the Byzantines encountered the Ostrogothic army commanded by King Totila, who had been advancing to intercept them.