Battle of Faventia
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Battle of Faventia | ||||||
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Part of the Gothic War | ||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||
Ostrogothic Kingdom | Byzantine Empire | |||||
Commanders and leaders | ||||||
Totila |
Constantian
Alexander |
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Strength | ||||||
5,000 [1] | 12,000 |
In the spring of 542, at the Battle of Faventia (modern Faenza ), an Ostrogothic army under king Totila scattered the larger Roman forces of generals Constantian and Alexander , [1] beginning the resurgence of Gothic resistance to the Roman reconquest of Italy . Before the battle, Valaris , a gigantic Goth, challenged any Roman to do single combat with him. Valaris was slain by the Byzantine soldier Artabazes , who was also mortally wounded.
Battle
The key moment during the battle, was, according to Procopius , when the Roman rear was violently attacked by some 300 men of the Ostrogothic cavalry. [1]
References
- 1 2 3 Heather 2013 , p. 162.
Sources
- Heather, Peter J. (2013). The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and Imperial Pretenders . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199368518 .
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