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The siege of Urbinus [1] also called siege of Urbino [2] or siege of Urbinum [3] took place in the year 538 [1] [2] during Justinian's Gothic War. [1] [2] [4] Earlier, when John took Ariminum, he had bypassed Auximus and Urbinus which would have to be taken now to secure the road to Ravenna. [1] [2] The Gothic king, Witigis, had sent a man called Moras [1] [4] with 2.000 troops [1] [2] to defend the city. In the year 538, the Byzantine commander, Belisarius went to besiege the town while another strong Byzantine contingents besieged Urviventus. [1] The forces of Narses and John, other Byzantine commanders, who were undermining Belisarius' authority, [1] [3] [5] [6] joined him in this venture. [1] [3] Thinking the defenders would be terrified on seeing the Byzantine army, Belisarius sent envoys offering the garrison a chance to surrender. [4] Narses and John set up camp separately form Belisarius, on the other side of the town, and, after negotiations with the garrison failed, totally abandoned the siege. [1] [4] They declared taking the town impossible and moved to capture Aemilia but while Belisarius was preparing to assault the town surrendered due to the failure of its spring. [1] [4] Astonished by such success, Narses sent John to capture Caesena but this assault failed. [1] John then moved to and managed to capture Forocornelius. [1] After this siege Belisarius moved to support in the siege of Urviventus, also capturing that city shortly after. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Hughes, Ian (Historian) (2009). Belisarius : the last Roman general. Yardley, Pa.: Westholme. ISBN 9781594160851. OCLC 294885267.
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e Heather, P. J. (Peter J.) (2018). Rome resurgent : war and empire in the age of Justinian. New York, NY.
ISBN
9780199362745.
OCLC
1007044617.
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c Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell), 1861-1927 (January 1958). History of the later Roman Empire from the death of Theodosius I. to the death of Justinian. New York.
ISBN
0486203980.
OCLC
41478187.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) - ^ a b c d e Procopius; Dewing, H. B. (Henry Bronson) (1914). Procopius, with an English translation by H.B. Dewing. Robarts - University of Toronto. London S. Heinemann.
- ^ Brogna, Anthony (1995). The Generalship of Belisarius (PDF) (Master of Military Art and Science thesis). United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth: Defense Technical Information Center. p. 79–82. OCLC 227839393. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021.
- ^ Brogna, Anthony (2015) [1995]. The generalship of Belisarius. Hauraki Publishing.
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The siege of Urbinus [1] also called siege of Urbino [2] or siege of Urbinum [3] took place in the year 538 [1] [2] during Justinian's Gothic War. [1] [2] [4] Earlier, when John took Ariminum, he had bypassed Auximus and Urbinus which would have to be taken now to secure the road to Ravenna. [1] [2] The Gothic king, Witigis, had sent a man called Moras [1] [4] with 2.000 troops [1] [2] to defend the city. In the year 538, the Byzantine commander, Belisarius went to besiege the town while another strong Byzantine contingents besieged Urviventus. [1] The forces of Narses and John, other Byzantine commanders, who were undermining Belisarius' authority, [1] [3] [5] [6] joined him in this venture. [1] [3] Thinking the defenders would be terrified on seeing the Byzantine army, Belisarius sent envoys offering the garrison a chance to surrender. [4] Narses and John set up camp separately form Belisarius, on the other side of the town, and, after negotiations with the garrison failed, totally abandoned the siege. [1] [4] They declared taking the town impossible and moved to capture Aemilia but while Belisarius was preparing to assault the town surrendered due to the failure of its spring. [1] [4] Astonished by such success, Narses sent John to capture Caesena but this assault failed. [1] John then moved to and managed to capture Forocornelius. [1] After this siege Belisarius moved to support in the siege of Urviventus, also capturing that city shortly after. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Hughes, Ian (Historian) (2009). Belisarius : the last Roman general. Yardley, Pa.: Westholme. ISBN 9781594160851. OCLC 294885267.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e Heather, P. J. (Peter J.) (2018). Rome resurgent : war and empire in the age of Justinian. New York, NY.
ISBN
9780199362745.
OCLC
1007044617.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) - ^
a
b
c Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell), 1861-1927 (January 1958). History of the later Roman Empire from the death of Theodosius I. to the death of Justinian. New York.
ISBN
0486203980.
OCLC
41478187.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) - ^ a b c d e Procopius; Dewing, H. B. (Henry Bronson) (1914). Procopius, with an English translation by H.B. Dewing. Robarts - University of Toronto. London S. Heinemann.
- ^ Brogna, Anthony (1995). The Generalship of Belisarius (PDF) (Master of Military Art and Science thesis). United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth: Defense Technical Information Center. p. 79–82. OCLC 227839393. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021.
- ^ Brogna, Anthony (2015) [1995]. The generalship of Belisarius. Hauraki Publishing.