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The 17 pages that link to Gothic War (535–554), each with the reason it gives.

• Justinian IBroader topic: The costly reconquest brought much of Italy under Justinian’s rule.

• ProcopiusBroader topic: Procopius’s account remains a major narrative source for the war’s campaigns.

• BelisariusBroader topic: Belisarius captured Rome and Ravenna before the war continued under other commanders.

• Ostrogothic KingdomBroader topic: The war dismantled the kingdom through successive campaigns and sieges.

• Theodoric the GreatBroader topic: The conflict ended the kingdom Theodoric had established.

• JordanesBroader topic: The war’s final years overlap with the period in which Jordanes composed the Getica.

• NarsesNarrower topic: Narses’s Italian command formed the war’s final and successful phase.

• Gothic peoplesRelated: The war ended Ostrogothic rule and devastated much of Italy.

• Byzantine ItalyRelated: The war’s outcome restored imperial control over much of Italy.

• Exarchate of RavennaRelated: Imperial victory restored Byzantine control and laid the groundwork for rule from Ravenna.

• Lombard invasion of ItalyRelated: The war weakened Italy and left its cities and defenses vulnerable to the Lombard advance.

• OstrogothsRelated: The war ended Ostrogothic rule and devastated much of Italy.

• TotilaRelated: Totila’s campaigns prolonged the conflict and intensified its damage to Italy.

• Battle of Mons LactariusNarrower topic: Mons Lactarius was a decisive late engagement in this war.

• Battle of TaginaeNarrower topic: Taginae was a turning point in the war’s final phase.

• Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynastyBroader topic: Its devastation shows the high cost of restoring imperial rule in Italy.

• Byzantine PapacyRelated: Its Byzantine victory brought Rome under imperial rule and began the political conditions for this period.