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Ravenna next and he did not want to face these troops who had fought so valiantly again. However Belisarius also wanted to take the city with speed as he could not move of Ravenna with a secure rear without taking the city and wanted to attack Ravenna before the Goths could make a new alliance with the Franks and it was near to the end of the campaigning season. The Byzantine troops demanded plunder so both of the Gothic demands were impossible. Belisarius was unsure of what action to take but eventually a compromise was reached whereby half of the garrison's property would be rewarded to the Byzantine troops, the Goths keeping the rest, and the Goths would join the Byzantine army instead of returning to Witigis. After 7 months the siege was finally over.
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Byzantines attack uphill and suffered gigantic losses until 7 men from Narses’ command broke through the Gothic lines, possibly fighting harder as to repair their image after the messaging affair. The Byzantines advanced through the gap and drove the Goths back into the city but also retreated themselves afterwards. The Isaurians also retreated, because of superior building techniques used in ancient times the cistern leading water into the city remained intact. In the end the attack was a failure with heavy casualties on the Byzantine side.
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Byzantines trying to prevent them from foraging. Noticing ravines in that area the Goths deployed troops in an ambush. Sending out the foraging party out as usually they charged the
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Byzantines began encircling the city by building camps around it. Seeing them in disorder the Goths sallied out somewhere in the late afternoon but after heavy fighting they were forced back into the city. By now the foraging Goths
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in order to start war. Diplomats sent by the Ostrogoths also arrived in Persia to request the shah to start hostilities with the empire. Recognising these treats the Byzantines tried to make peace with the Goths, their military position in Italy lost priority.
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who had been sent out of the city the previous day returned, some managed to sneak through the Byzantine lines but most were killed. Seeing the strength of the fortifications Belisarius decided not to take the city by storm but instead starve the defenders out.
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personnel send by the Franks were able to somewhat stabilise the situation the Byzantines were still gaining territory. The Franks were not able to send any actually Frankish personnel as they were also allied to the Byzantines. When the commander
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for the city. Belisarius eventually took the city with a diplomatic deception. By 540 the invasion was over but a plague in the empire and Persian invasion would weaken imperial power and reignite Gothic resistance.
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