Siege of Rome (537–538)

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The Siege of Rome (537–538) was a major confrontation during the Gothic War in which Byzantine forces under Belisarius defended the city against the Ostrogoths, marking a pivotal moment in Emperor Justinian I’s campaign to reclaim the Western Roman territories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Gothic War ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Rome (Gothic War) ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Ostrogoths ⓘ
linked to: Goths

Romans of the 6th century ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Justinian I ⓘ
attacker Ostrogothic army ⓘ
belligerent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Ostrogothic Kingdom ⓘ
commandedByOnAttackingSide Vitiges ⓘ
commandedByOnDefendingSide Belisarius ⓘ
commander Belisarius ⓘ
Vitiges ⓘ
conflictIn Gothic War (535–554) ⓘ
conflictType urban siege ⓘ
defender Byzantine garrison of Rome ⓘ
documentedBy Procopius of Caesarea ⓘ
linked to: Procopius
endTime 538 ⓘ
followedBy Gothic counteroffensives in Italy ⓘ
Siege of Ravenna (539–540) ⓘ
hasCause Byzantine invasion of Italy ⓘ
Justinian I’s policy of reconquest in the West ⓘ
historicalRegion Western Roman territories ⓘ
involvedEmperor Justinian I ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Italy ⓘ
location Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
militaryTheater Italian campaign of the Gothic War ⓘ
notableEvent Byzantine defense of the Aurelian Walls ⓘ
Ostrogothic attempt to blockade Rome by land and water ⓘ
cutting of aqueducts by the Ostrogoths ⓘ
famine and hardship within Rome ⓘ
partOf Justinianic reconquest ⓘ
precededBy Byzantine capture of Rome in 536 ⓘ
primaryObjectiveOfAttacker recapture Rome for the Ostrogothic Kingdom ⓘ
primaryObjectiveOfDefender maintain Byzantine control of Rome ⓘ
relatedWork Procopius’ Wars (History of the Wars) ⓘ
result Byzantine defensive victory ⓘ
Ostrogothic withdrawal ⓘ
significance pivotal moment in Justinian I’s campaign to reclaim Western Roman territories ⓘ
secured Byzantine control of Rome ⓘ
weakened Ostrogothic military strength ⓘ
startTime 537 ⓘ
timePeriod 6th century ⓘ
usedMilitaryTactic blockade ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ
sorties by defenders ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Justinianic reconquests → significantBattle → Siege of Rome (537–538) ⓘ
Belisarius → battle → Siege of Rome (537–538) ⓘ
Witiges → event → siege of Rome (537–538) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rome (537–538)
Witiges → led → siege of Rome (537–538) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rome (537–538)
Justinianic Wars → significantEvent → siege of Rome (537–538) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rome (537–538)
Siege of Rome (537–538) → defender → Byzantine garrison of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rome (537–538)
Siege of Rome (537–538) → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Rome (Gothic War) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Rome (537–538)
Bessas → participatedIn → Siege of Rome (537–538) ⓘ
Byzantine–Ostrogothic conflicts → significantBattle → Siege of Rome (537–538) ⓘ
Byzantine expeditionary force in Italy → participatedIn → Siege of Rome (537–538) ⓘ