What the records say
- When
- 542
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 44.29° N, 11.88° E
- Description
- 542 battle of the Gothic War
Battle of Faventia
6th-century battle of the Gothic War
The Battle of Faventia took place in the spring of 542 AD, where the new king Totila of the Ostrogoths (Goths) defeated a larger Byzantine force under the generals Constantinianus and Alexander. The victory reinforced the Gothic resistance in the second phase of the Gothic War (535–554).
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Spring – Battle of Faventia: King Totila scatters the Byzantine forces near Faventia (modern Faenza) with 5,000 men”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Faventia Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire des Ostrogoths de Totila sur les troupes byzantines à la bataille de Faventia (Faenza)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page