Rigorous financial exactions and the rapacity of…

October 541 CE

Rigorous financial exactions and the rapacity of the soldiers make the new imperial regime unpopular in Italy.

Many of the Ostrogoths have never submitted, and after the two short and unfortunate reigns of Hildebad and Eraric, the Ostrogothic nobles proclaim Totila as their king in the autumn of 541 after the death of his uncle Ildibad.

He wins the support of the lower classes by liberating slaves and distributing land to the peasants.

Locations
Ravenna Emilia-Romagna Italy View →

People
Ildibad View → Justinian I View → Totila View →

Groups
Goths (East Germanic tribe) View → East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of View → Italy, Praetorian prefecture of View → Ostrogoths, Italian Kingdom of the View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Justinian dynasty View →

Topics
Migration Period View → Migration Period Pessimum View → Gothic (Italian) War View →

Commodities
Slaves View → Land View →

Subjects
Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Government View →

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