Siege of Rome (537–538)

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battle of the Gothic War siege

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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Label Occurrences
siege of Rome (537–538) 3
Siege of Rome (537–538) canonical 2
Byzantine garrison of Rome 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Gothic War ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Rome (537–538) ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Rome (Gothic War)
associatedWithPeople Goths ⓘ
surface form: Ostrogoths

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

Ostrogothic Kingdom ⓘ
commandedByOnAttackingSide Vitiges ⓘ
commandedByOnDefendingSide Belisarius ⓘ
commander Belisarius ⓘ
Vitiges ⓘ
conflictIn Byzantine–Ostrogothic conflicts ⓘ
surface form: Gothic War (535–554)
conflictType urban siege ⓘ
defender Siege of Rome (537–538) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine garrison of Rome
documentedBy Procopius ⓘ
surface form: Procopius of Caesarea
endTime 538 ⓘ
followedBy Gothic counteroffensives in Italy ⓘ
Siege of Ravenna (490–493) ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Ravenna (539–540)
hasCause Byzantine expeditionary force in Italy ⓘ
surface form: 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 Byzantine expeditionary force in Italy ⓘ
surface form: 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 reconquests ⓘ
surface form: Justinianic reconquest
precededBy Byzantine capture of Rome in 536 ⓘ
primaryObjectiveOfAttacker recapture Rome for the Ostrogothic Kingdom ⓘ
primaryObjectiveOfDefender maintain Byzantine control of Rome ⓘ
relatedWork History of the Wars by Procopius ⓘ
surface form: 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) ⓘ
this entity surface form: siege of Rome (537–538)
Witiges → led → Siege of Rome (537–538) ⓘ
this entity surface form: siege of Rome (537–538)
Justinianic Wars → significantEvent → Siege of Rome (537–538) ⓘ
this entity surface form: siege of Rome (537–538)
Siege of Rome (537–538) → defender → Siege of Rome (537–538) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine garrison of Rome
Siege of Rome (537–538) → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Rome (537–538) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Rome (Gothic War)