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One of the chief sources of the Gothic Wars and of 6th century Byzantine history is Procopius of Caesarea (c.500 - c....
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There were several people writing during the time of the Justinian Plague (540s CE). One was Evagrius Scholasticus (c...
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Long, long ago I made a brief mention of the Plague of Justinian, and I've mad many posts dealing with the Bubonic Pl...
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For the sake of ending the Byzantine invasion of Italy to conquer the Ostrogoths and unify the old Western Roman Empi...
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Ravenna, in the far north coast of Italy on the Adriatic, was the capital city of the Ostrogoths. Capturing it could ...
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The insubordination of John the Sanguinary that led to the division in the Byzantine army between the divisions comma...
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The outcome of the insubordination of John the Sanguinary created a dangerous precedent. General Narses disagreed wit...
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I thought we'd elaborate a little on the conflict mentioned yesterday about the taking of Ariminum (modern Rimini) by...
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King Vitiges of the Ostrogoths besieged Rome, that had been taken and inhabited by the Byzantine forces of Justinian ...
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Whatever the catalyst was—murder of his friend Amalasuintha, or just a desire to avenge Rome and Romans against the G...
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The Osgtrogothic prince Eutharic took as his wife Amalasuintha, daughter of Theodoric the Great. Eutharic was in line...
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The sons of Clovis saw Burgundy as a target. Sigismund of Burgundy (c.475 - 524) became king in 516. His father, Gund...
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Clodoald (522 - c.560CE) was (along with Theodebald and Gunthar) one of the three sons of King Chlodomer of Orléans. ...
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When King Hermanfrid of Thuringia offered part of Thuringia to Theuderic if Theuderic would help him defeat Hermanfri...
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Radegund (c.520 – 13 August 587) was another wife of Clothar I. She was a princess, daughter of Bertachar, a king of ...
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The father of the four sons who were mentioned fighting each other's divided Frankish kingdoms yesterday was Clothar ...
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Yesterday's post mentioned that the Franks fell into civil war and became less of a threat to Lombardy. The Frankish ...
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There was a period in the history of the Kingdom of Lombardy when they had no king. Two kings in a row had been murde...
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The past few days have been filled with discussion about the Lombards, aka the Langobards, and their origin according...
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The History of the Lombards by Paul the Deacon drew heavily on other works, especially about prior times. One of thes...