Justinianic reconquests

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Byzantine military campaign historical event military campaign

The Justinianic reconquests were a series of 6th-century military campaigns under Byzantine Emperor Justinian I that temporarily restored much of the former Western Roman Empire by reclaiming territories such as North Africa, Italy, and parts of Spain.

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Surface form Occurrences
Byzantine reconquest of North Africa 1
Justinianic restoration 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine military campaign ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Justinianic reconquests ⓘ
surface form: Justinianic restoration
cause Justinian I's policy of renovatio imperii ⓘ
commander Justinian I ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
endTime 565 ⓘ
followedBy Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine–Sassanian War of 602–628

Lombard invasion of Italy ⓘ
hasPart Byzantine reconquest of southern Hispania ⓘ
Gothic War ⓘ
Lazic War ⓘ
Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
surface form: Vandalic War
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
impact devastation of Italy ⓘ
overextension of Byzantine military resources ⓘ
weakening of Byzantine defenses against later invasions ⓘ
location Dalmatia ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
Western Mediterranean ⓘ
southern Hispania ⓘ
mainProponent Justinian I ⓘ
notableCommander Belisarius ⓘ
Narses ⓘ
objective reconquest of former Western Roman territories ⓘ
restoration of the Roman Empire ⓘ
participant Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ostrogothic Kingdom ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Sassanian Empire

Vandal Kingdom ⓘ
Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ
politicalContext transition from Western to Eastern Roman dominance ⓘ
religiousContext Christian Roman Empire ⓘ
result Byzantine control of Italy ⓘ
Byzantine control of North Africa ⓘ
Byzantine foothold in Hispania ⓘ
temporary restoration of imperial control in the West ⓘ
significantBattle Battle of Ad Decimum ⓘ
Battle of Mons Lactarius ⓘ
Battle of Taginae ⓘ
Battle of Tricamarum ⓘ
Siege of Rome (537–538) ⓘ
startTime 533 ⓘ
temporalContext 6th century ⓘ

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Justinianic reconquests → alsoKnownAs → Justinianic reconquests ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic restoration
Late Antiquity → hasMajorEvent → Justinianic reconquests ⓘ
Vandal Kingdom → significantEvent → Justinianic reconquests ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine reconquest of North Africa