Battle of Mons Lactarius

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The Battle of Mons Lactarius was a decisive 6th-century clash in Italy in which Byzantine forces under Narses defeated the Ostrogoths, effectively ending Gothic resistance and securing Justinian I’s reconquest of the peninsula.

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Battle of Mons Lactarius canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
associatedWith Emperor Justinian I ⓘ
linked to: Justinian I
belligerent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Ostrogothic Kingdom ⓘ
combatant1 forces of Narses ⓘ
combatant2 Ostrogothic forces ⓘ
commander Narses ⓘ
Teia ⓘ
Totila ⓘ
conflict Gothic War (535–554) ⓘ
date 552 ⓘ
553 ⓘ
era 6th century ⓘ
followedBy Byzantine consolidation of Italy ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
killedInAction Teia ⓘ
Totila ⓘ
location Campania ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Mons Lactarius ⓘ
near Mount Vesuvius ⓘ
opponentOf Byzantines ⓘ
linked to: Byzantium

Ostrogoths ⓘ
linked to: Goths
partOf Justinianic reconquest of Italy ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Taginae ⓘ
result Byzantine victory ⓘ
consolidation of Justinian I’s control over Italy ⓘ
decisive defeat of the Ostrogoths ⓘ
end of major Ostrogothic resistance in Italy ⓘ
significance decisive engagement of the Gothic War ⓘ
secured Justinian I’s reconquest of the Italian peninsula ⓘ
theater Italian Peninsula ⓘ

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Justinianic reconquests → significantBattle → Battle of Mons Lactarius ⓘ
Narses → notableWork → Battle of Mons Lactarius ⓘ
Teia → battle → Battle of Mons Lactarius ⓘ
Teia → deathEvent → Battle of Mons Lactarius ⓘ
Battle of Taginae → followedBy → Battle of Mons Lactarius ⓘ
Byzantine–Ostrogothic conflicts → significantBattle → Battle of Mons Lactarius ⓘ
Byzantine expeditionary force in Italy → participatedIn → Battle of Mons Lactarius ⓘ