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Totila

Date of birth unknown; died A.D. 552 near Taginae (now Gualdo Tadino). Ostrogoth king (541–552).

Totila led a national liberation struggle against the Byzantine conquerors in Italy, drawing his support from slaves, colons, and the Roman and Italic peasants, who opposed Byzantine attempts to restore slave ownership and the Roman tax system. As part of his campaign, Totila confiscated the lands of the old Roman aristocracy and the Catholic Church, distributing them among his comités and free warriors. For his army he recruited fugitive slaves and colons.

Totila won a series of brilliant victories over the Byzantine army, so that between 542 and 551 the Ostrogoths succeeded in liberating most of Italy. When, however, the Byzantine emperor, Justinian I, sent reinforcements under Narses, Totila found himself hopelessly outnumbered. He was mortally wounded in a battle near Taginae.

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