Justinianic Wars

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6th-century conflict Byzantine–Germanic wars series of wars

The Justinianic Wars were a series of 6th-century military campaigns led by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I to reconquer former Western Roman territories from various Germanic kingdoms and restore imperial control around the Mediterranean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 6th-century conflict ⓘ
Byzantine–Germanic wars ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ
belligerent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ostrogothic Kingdom ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Sassanian Empire

Vandal Kingdom ⓘ
Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ
various Germanic kingdoms ⓘ
chronology 6th century ⓘ
commander Belisarius ⓘ
Justinian I ⓘ
Narses ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
describedBySource Procopius ⓘ
surface form: Procopius of Caesarea
endTime 565 ⓘ
followedBy Lombard invasion of Italy ⓘ
Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ
surface form: further Byzantine–Sassanian wars
goal renovatio imperii ⓘ
hasPart Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine–Sassanian War of 540–562

Byzantine–Visigothic conflicts ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine–Visigothic conflicts in Hispania

Byzantine–Ostrogothic conflicts ⓘ
surface form: Gothic War (535–554)

Iberian War ⓘ
surface form: Iberian War (Byzantine–Sassanian War of 526–532)

Lazic War ⓘ
Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
surface form: Vandalic War
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
location Balkans ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean basin

North Africa ⓘ
mainObjective reconquest of former Western Roman Empire territories ⓘ
restoration of Roman imperial control around the Mediterranean ⓘ
namedAfter Justinian I ⓘ
opponent Germanic successor states of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
partOf reign of Justinian I ⓘ
result Byzantine foothold in southern Hispania ⓘ
conquest of Vandal Kingdom in North Africa ⓘ
exhaustion of Byzantine financial and military resources ⓘ
heavy devastation of Italy ⓘ
strengthening of Byzantine presence in the western Mediterranean ⓘ
temporary restoration of imperial control over Italy ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Forum Gallorum ⓘ
surface form: battle of Busta Gallorum

Battle of Taginae ⓘ
surface form: battle of Taginae

Battle of Tricamarum ⓘ
surface form: battle of Tricamarum

capture of Ravenna (540) ⓘ
reconquest of Carthage (533) ⓘ
Siege of Rome (537–538) ⓘ
surface form: siege of Rome (537–538)
startTime 527 ⓘ

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Vandalic War in North Africa → partOf → Justinianic Wars ⓘ