Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Narses

Battles of Narses

Byzantine general, AD 478 to AD 574

Narses is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 538 and AD 554: 3 battles and 3 sieges, all in present-day Italy. Taken in date order, the sites lie 998 km apart end to end, 200 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Gothic War of 535–554 (6).

Siege of UrviventusSiege of UrbinusSiege of AriminumBattle of TaginaeBattle of Mons LactariusBattle of the VolturnusSiege of UrbinusSiege of AriminumBattle of TaginaeBattle of Mons LactariusBattle of the VolturnusNaplesFlorenceGenoaBariPescaraSplitPisaTarantoMostarLivorno200 km42.355N, 13.304E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 538: 2 engagements2 in AD 538AD 552: 2 engagements2 in AD 552AD 553: 1 engagementsAD 554: 1 engagementsAD 538AD 554
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Urbinus, AD 538Siege of Ariminum, AD 538Battle of Taginae, AD 552Battle of Mons Lactarius, AD 552Siege of Urviventus, AD 553Battle of the Volturnus, AD 554AD 538AD 554
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 538Siege of UrbinusUrbino, ItalyByzantine victory
February AD 538Siege of AriminumAriminum, Italy38 km NByzantine victory
June AD 552Battle of TaginaeGualdo Tadino, Italy93 km SByzantine victory
September AD 552Battle of Mons LactariusMonti Lattari, Italy320 km SEByzantine victory
AD 553Siege of UrviventusOrvieto, Italy304 km NWByzantine victory
September AD 554Battle of the VolturnusVolturno, Italy242 km SEByzantine victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Vahan.hovh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.