The Ostrogoths besieging Rome, among other acts…

April 537 CE

The Ostrogoths besieging Rome, among other acts of sabotage, destroy the five hundred-year-old Aqua Virgo aqueduct, putting an end to the three-centuries-old Baths of Caracalla, then try to use the underground channel as a secret route to invade the city.

Belisarius receives his promised reinforcements, sixteen hundred cavalry, mostly of Hunnic or Slavic origin and expert bowmen, on April 9.

Despite shortages, he begins raids against the Gothic camps and Vitiges is forced into a stalemate.

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Rome > Roma Lazio Italy View →

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Belisarius View → Justinian I View → Procopius View → Vitiges View →

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

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Migration Period View → Famines and plagues 400 to 800 View → Migration Period Pessimum View → Gothic (Italian) War View → Extreme weather events of 535-536 View → Rome, Siege of View →

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