Byzantine Empire - Battle of Taginae

Time: 551

Place: Gualdo Tadino, Italy

Details: The arrival of the Armenian eunuch Narses in Italy (late 551) with an army of 35,000 men marked another shift in Gothic fortunes. Totila of the Ostrogoths was defeated at the Battle of Taginae.

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