Vittigis arrived with a Gothic army in March and laid siege to Rome for exactly one year and nine days, cutting all ten aqueducts and ending over a millennium of public fountains, plumbing, and hydraulic mills. Belisarius improvised by powering mills on the city's rivers and wrote to Justinian for reinforcements; 6,500 arrived early the following year, allowing him to go on the offensive.
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Episode 8 (13 mentions)
Vittigis arrived with a Gothic army in March and laid siege to Rome for exactly one year and nine days, cutting all ten aqueducts and ending over a millennium of public fountains, plumbing, and hydraulic mills. Belisarius improvised by powering mills on the city's rivers and wrote to Justinian for reinforcements; 6,500 arrived early the following year, allowing him to go on the offensive.
“only 33 miles from the Gothic capital of Ravenna. Ancient and medieval sieges were often worse on”
“demoralized and vulnerable to counterattack. Vidigis' Gothic army was certainly no exception.”
“angry mood. With the siege of Rome over, he had begun his drive north, mopping up Gothic resistance.”
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