Witĭges

Witĭges

Witĭges (Vitigis), König der Ostgoten, unter Theoderich d. Gr. im Gepidenkriege siegreich, unter Amalasuntha Diplomat, ward im Herbst 536 gegen den untätigen Theodahad auf den Thron erhoben, belagerte 537–538 Belisar vergeblich in Rom, zog sich dann nach Ravenna zurück, ward nach dessen Übergabe 539 von Belisar gefangen genommen und erhielt vom Kaiser Justinian außer Gütern in Asien den Rang eines Senators und Patricius. Vgl. Hartmann, Geschichte Italiens im Mittelalter, Bd. 1 (Gotha 1897).


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