The Italian Campaign of Justinian (Part 2)

Video covering the first phase of the Gothic War (535–554).
Be sure to read the accompanying blog post:
https://theclassicarc.com/index.php/2021/05/07/the-italian-campaign-of-justinian-part-2/

I will be working on part 3 shortly.

Video made with footage from "The Last Roman" DLC for "Total War: Attila"

Sources and further readings for those interested
Secondary:
Barker, John W: "Justinian and the Later Roman Empire" (1966)
Moorhead, John: "Justinian" (1994)
Haldon, John: "The Byzantine Wars" (2008) Mass, Michael (editor) "The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian" (2005) Treadgold, Warren: "Byzantium and Its Army: 284-1081" (1995)

Primary:
Prokopios: "The Secret History" Trans. Kaldellis, Anthony/Haury, J. (2010) Prokopios: "The Wars of Justinian" Trans. Dewing, H.B.; Ed. Kaldellis, Anthony (2014)
Cassiodorus: "Variae" Trans. Barnish, SJB (1992)

Music:
"Immuration"
http://www.purple-planet.com

"Intrepid" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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