page_title: Siege of Auximus
section_title: External situation
hierarchical_section_title: Siege of Auximus / Siege / External situation
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Gold-Solidus des Frankenkönigs Theudebert I. (um 500-548), Münzstätte Mainz, ca. 534, gegenwärtiger Eigentümer Dt. Bundesbank. Français&#160;: Solidus du roi des Francs Théodebert Ier (environ 500-548), frappé à Mayence au environ de 534, propriété actuel de la Bundesbank. Русский: Золотой солид франкского короля Теодеберта I (ок. 500-548), Монетный двор Майнца ок. 534 г. В настоящее время находится в собственности Германского Федерального банка.
context_page_description: The Siege of Auximus was a siege during Justinian’s Gothic War which took place in the year 539. It ended with the Byzantine army under Belisarius victorious. The Gothic garrison surrendered the town and joined the Byzantines after negotiations. The siege lasted 7 months.
context_section_description: At this point the Franks invaded Italy and attack both the Goths and the Byzantines who both thought they moved to their assistance. The Goths suffered far worse from these attacks than the Byzantines. Eventually the Franks retreated because of threats from the Byzantines, a supply shortage and disease which killed up to one third of their force. Around the same time the Huns invaded the empire reaching Constantinople before retreating. A second invasion occurred shortly afterwards, bypassing Byzantine resistance and plundering all of Greece except the Peloponnese. The Persian shah, Khosrow, began intentionally deteriorating Byzantine-Sassanian relations 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.
caption: A coin depicting Theudebert I, the Frankish king who invaded Italy
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