2nd » Siege of Rome (537–538) Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges began the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Piazza del Popolo Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his 'Bucellarius bucellarii'
21st » Siege of Rome (537–538) Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern Aurelian Walls city walls, but is repulsed at the Porta Maggiore Praenestine Gate, known as the 'Vivarium (Rome) Vivarium', by the defenders under the B