Gothic War

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Roman–barbarian conflict military conflict war

The Gothic War was a series of late Roman-era conflicts between the Eastern Roman Empire and various Gothic peoples that significantly weakened imperial power and reshaped the balance of forces in Europe.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Gothic War (535–554) 2
Gothic Wars 2
Gothic War against the Eastern Roman Empire 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman–barbarian conflict ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
conflictBetween Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Germanic peoples ⓘ
surface form: Goths
hasCause imperial attempts to control or settle Gothic peoples ⓘ
pressure of Gothic migrations into imperial territory ⓘ
tensions between Eastern Roman Empire and Gothic groups ⓘ
hasEffect military strain on Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
political instability in the Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
reshaping of balance of forces in Europe ⓘ
territorial insecurity along the Danube frontier ⓘ
weakening of imperial power ⓘ
hasParticipant Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

various Gothic peoples ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
impactOn Roman frontier defense system ⓘ
Roman military policy ⓘ
distribution of power among European peoples ⓘ
involves Gothic raids into Roman territory ⓘ
Roman defensive campaigns ⓘ
negotiated settlements with Gothic groups ⓘ
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
Moesia ⓘ
surface form: Danubian frontier

Europe ⓘ
partOf late Roman-era conflicts ⓘ
relatedTo Eastern Roman–Gothic relations ⓘ
barbarian integration into the Roman Empire ⓘ
decline of Roman imperial military strength ⓘ
transformation of the Roman world ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Alaric I → conflict → Gothic War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gothic War against the Eastern Roman Empire
Justinian dynasty → conflict → Gothic War ⓘ
Ostrogothic Kingdom → conflict → Gothic War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gothic War (535–554)
Pope Vigilius → eraOfPapacy → Gothic War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gothic War (535–554)
Justinianic reconquests → hasPart → Gothic War ⓘ
Roman–Germanic wars → hasPart → Gothic War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gothic Wars
Roman Antiquity → majorConflict → Gothic War ⓘ
Roman Empire → majorConflict → Gothic War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gothic Wars
Justinian I → militaryConflict → Gothic War ⓘ
Battle of Pollentia → partOf → Gothic War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gothic Wars (broad sense)