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Fall of the Ostrogothic Kingdom
In 554 CE, the last Ostrogothic king Teia was defeated, captured and executed at Mons Lactarius in southern Italy, ending the Ostrogothic Kingdom as …
Timeline
- 552–554Italian peninsula · ItalyAfter Totila's death in battle, Ostrogothic nobles enthroned Teia as the last king, continuing guerrilla resistance against the Eastern Roman forces in the mountains of southern Italy, but were unable to rebuild a unified polity.
- 554Mons Lactarius · CampaniaNarses launched a final offensive in southern Italy; Teia was defeated and captured, Ostrogothic armed resistance collapsed, the kingdom's political entity was declared extinct, and Italy was incorporated into Eastern Roman provincial administration.
Sources
- Procopius, History of the Wars, Book VIII (Gothic War) — Procopius of Caesarea https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Procopius/home.html
- A History of Venice — John Julius Norwich (1989)