Byzantine expeditionary force in Italy

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Byzantine army formation military unit

The Byzantine expeditionary force in Italy was the imperial army sent by the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire to reconquer and secure the Italian peninsula during the Gothic War in the 6th century.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Byzantine expeditionary force	1
Byzantine invasion of Italy	1
Italian campaign of the Gothic War	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine army formation ⓘ military unit ⓘ
allegiance	Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderInChief	Belisarius NERFINISHED ⓘ Narses NERFINISHED ⓘ
composedOf	Armenians NERFINISHED ⓘ Bucellarii NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine regular troops ⓘ Heruli NERFINISHED ⓘ Hunnic cavalry NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaurians NERFINISHED ⓘ Thracians NERFINISHED ⓘ foederati ⓘ mercenaries ⓘ
conflict	Gothic War NERFINISHED ⓘ Gothic War (535–554) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
endTime	554 ⓘ
era	6th century ⓘ
garrisoned	Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ Ravenna NERFINISHED ⓘ Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommander	Artabazes NERFINISHED ⓘ Belisarius NERFINISHED ⓘ Bessas NERFINISHED ⓘ Constantine (Byzantine general under Belisarius) NERFINISHED ⓘ Dagisthaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ Demetrius (Byzantine general) NERFINISHED ⓘ John (cousin of Vitalian) NERFINISHED ⓘ John the Armenian NERFINISHED ⓘ Justinian (magister militum per Illyricum) NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberius (magister militum) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mundus NERFINISHED ⓘ Narses NERFINISHED ⓘ Narses the Armenian NERFINISHED ⓘ Valerian (Byzantine general) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Justinianic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Italian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	reconquest of large parts of the former Western Roman Empire in Italy ⓘ
objective	reconquest of Italy ⓘ restoration of imperial control over the Italian Peninsula ⓘ
opponent	Ostrogothic Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Ostrogoths NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedBy	Emperor Justinian I NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Busta Gallorum NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Casilinum (554) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Faventia (542) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Mons Lactarius NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Sena Gallica (551) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Taginae NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Verona (541) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the River Anio (537) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Naples (536) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Ravenna (539) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Rome (537–538) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine army NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	temporary restoration of Byzantine rule in Italy ⓘ
startTime	535 ⓘ
supportedBy	Byzantine navy in the Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedTactic	combined arms operations ⓘ naval support for land campaigns ⓘ siege warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Battle of Ad Decimum → combatantSide → Byzantine expeditionary force in Italy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine expeditionary force

Narses → commanderOf → Byzantine expeditionary force in Italy ⓘ

Siege of Rome (537–538) → hasCause → Byzantine expeditionary force in Italy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine invasion of Italy

Siege of Rome (537–538) → militaryTheater → Byzantine expeditionary force in Italy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian campaign of the Gothic War