Battle of Mons Lactarius

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Battle of Mons Lactarius
Part of the Gothic War

Battle on the slopes of the Vesuvius
DateOctober 553
Location
Monti Lattari, Campania, Italy
Result Decisive Byzantine victory
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire Ostrogothic Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Narses Teia

The Battle of Mons Lactarius (also known as Battle of the Vesuvius) took place in 553 during the Gothic War waged on behalf of Justinian I against the Ostrogoths in Italy.

After the Battle of Taginae, in which the Ostrogoth king Totila was killed, the Byzantine general Narses captured Rome and besieged Cumae. Teia, the new Ostrogothic king, gathered the remnants of the Ostrogothic army and marched to relieve the siege, but in October of 553 Narses ambushed him at Mons Lactarius (modern Monti Lattari) in Campania, near Mt. Vesuvius. The battle lasted two days, and Teia was killed in the fighting. Ostrogothic power in Italy was eliminated, but Narses allowed the few survivors to return to their homes as subjects of the empire. The absence of any real authority in Italy immediately after the battle led to an invasion by the Franks, but they too were defeated and the peninsula was, for a short time, reintegrated into the empire.

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