Around 545, Totila's Goths advanced as far as the South to threaten the dominions of Byzantium. And they made many victims. The most illustrious was Egnazia. Together with who knows how many other villages that remained nameless.<\/p>\n
The first invaders, such as the Heruli of Odoacer (476-493) and the Ostrogoths of Theodoric (493-526), \u200b\u200bdid not upset the social and economic conditions of the region. It was after the death of Theodoric that the balance was broken. Justinian decided to reconquer the western part of the Empire. He sent the general Belisarius to Italy who, by attacking the Gothic king Theodatus (534-536) in Sicily, gave rise to the \u2018Greco-Gothic\u2019 war (535-553).<\/p>\n
Puglia was devastated several times. After the defeat of Totila's Goths, the region was reduced to starvation and passed under Byzantine rule.<\/strong><\/p>\n Taranto was also involved in the war. Procopius of Caesarea reports that Totila, during one of the phases of the war, conquered Taranto. The garrison of Taranto was placed under the command of Ragnaris, who tried to save himself and his soldiers by reaching an agreement with the Byzantines. The agreement did not go well, he attempted a sortie, but was defeated and never returned to Taranto.<\/p>\n Intorno al 545 i Goti di Totila si spinsero sin nel Mezzogiorno per insidiare i domini di Bisanzio. E ne fecero di vittime. La pi\u00f9 illustre fu Egnazia. Insieme a chiss\u00e0 quanti altri villaggi rimasti senza nome. I primi invasori, come gli Eruli di Odoacre (476-493) e gli Ostrogoti di Teodorico (493- 526) non sconvolsero …<\/p>\nThe consequences of the \u2018Greek-Gothic\u2019 war were terrible: devastation of fields, abuses, killing of citizens and hunger.<\/strong><\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"