What the records say
- When
- 4 Mar 537 – 14 Mar 538
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 41.90° N, 12.50° E
- Description
- 537–538 siege during the Gothic War
Siege of Rome (537–538)
First siege of Rome during Justinian's Gothic War
The siege of Rome took place from 2 March 537 to 12 March 538 AD and was the city's first siege during the Gothic War (535–554) between the defending Byzantine Empire's forces under the leadership of General Belisarius and a numerically superior Ostrogothic force under King Vitiges.
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