… The sensational recent discovery of extensive fragments of the lost Scythica of Dexippus
sheds much new light on the Gothic Wars of the period. The author has used this new evidence …

This chapter examines the life and career of John, a key general in the Gothic War (537–553)
under Justinian. Known for his boldness in battle and occasional insubordination, John …

This article considers the question of whether the Roman state was thalassocratic during the
period of the Gothic-Byzantine wars of 535–554. Based on the narrative sources from the …

The paper discusses the increasing finds of Roman provincial coins from Balkan cities in
Ukraine, primarily dating to the 3rd century AD and linked to the Gothic wars. Previously rare, …

… This weapon is described by Procopius in his account of the Frankish invasion of Italy in
540AD(Gothic Wars VI, 25, 3-4):-" Each man carries a sword and shield and one axe. Now the …

… 58 Maria Lidova has recently argued that this fresco may have been commissioned by
Amalasuntha prior to the Gothic Wars. 59 Alternatively, it may have been executed in the years …

… What were then the undeniable gains in that relatively brief moment between the prior
neglect after the departure of Constantine I and the disastrous effects of the Gothic Wars after …

Jordanes was a mid-sixth century Constantinopolitan author who wrote a breviary of Roman
history and a far better-known narrative of the Goths, a group that exercised Byzantine …

… In Rome, Procopius and other texts refer to works carried out on the Aurelianic Walls during
the Gothic Wars, but there is no clear testimony to any postconquest restorations until the …

… state disappeared, and Rome during Justinian’s Gothic Wars. It is in these case studies that
… Procopius’ account of Rome during the Gothic Wars reveals a similar tension between the …