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Vitiges
thumb|right|Campaign map of the first phase of the Gothic war, 535–540
Vitiges (also known as Vitigis, Vitigo, Witigis, Witiges, Wittigis or Wittigeis, and in Old Norse as Vigo) (died 542) was king of Ostrogothic Italy from 536 to 540. Known as a veteran of King Theodoric’s campaigns, he was a seasoned commander and therefore after the fall of the Amal dynasty he succeeded to the throne of Italy just after the Roman capture of Naples. This was because Belisarius had quickly captured Sicily the previous year and was in southern Italy at the head of the forces of Justinian I, the Eastern Roman E
Tribonian
Tribonian (Greek: Τριβωνιανός [trivonia'nos], – 542) was a jurist and advisor of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine). During the reign of the Emperor Justinian I, he supervised the revision of the empire's legal code. He has been described as one of the wisest collaborators of Justinian.
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