Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Totila

Battles of Totila

king of the Ostrogoths and King of Italy (541–552), AD 510 to AD 552

Totila is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 542 and AD 552: 3 battles and 3 sieges, all in present-day Italy. Taken in date order, the sites lie 815 km apart end to end, 163 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Gothic War of 535–554 (6).

Battle of MucelliumBattle of FaventiaSiege of NaplesSack of RomeSiege of RomeBattle of TaginaeBattle of FaventiaSiege of NaplesSack of RomeSiege of RomeBattle of TaginaeFlorenceGenoaSassariSalernoBariBolognaPescaraSplitPisaTaranto200 km42.559N, 12.817E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 542: 3 engagements3 in AD 542AD 546: 1 engagementsAD 549: 1 engagementsAD 552: 1 engagementsAD 542AD 552
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Faventia, AD 542Battle of Mucellium, AD 542Siege of Naples, AD 542Sack of Rome, AD 546Siege of Rome, AD 549Battle of Taginae, AD 552AD 542AD 552
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 542Battle of FaventiaQ48808799, ItalyOstrogothic victory
AD 542Battle of MucelliumMugello, Italy55 km SWOstrogothic victory
October AD 542Siege of NaplesNeapolis, Italy419 km SEOstrogothic victory
AD 546Sack of RomeRome, Italy187 km NWOstrogothic victory
May AD 549Siege of RomeRome, Italy2 km SWOstrogothic victory
June AD 552Battle of TaginaeGualdo Tadino, Italy153 km NByzantine 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, Michel Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (Text: Hartmann Schedel), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.