The siege of Urviventus,[1] or siege of Urbs Vetus,[2] took place during Justinian I's Gothic War.[1] The Byzantine commander Belisarius dispatched a strong force to take Urviventus, himself marching on Urbinus.[1] One thousand Goths[3] under Albilas had been sent to defend the city.[1] Belisarius, after capturing Urbinus, reinforced the besieging army.[1] He assessed the situation, deciding the town could not be taken by storm.[4] When the town ran out of supplies the defenders surrendered.[1][2]
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- ^ a b Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell) (January 1958). History of the later Roman Empire from the death of Theodosius I. to the death of Justinian. New York. ISBN 0486203980. OCLC 41478187.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Procopius; Dewing, H. B. (Henry Bronson) (1914). Procopius, with an English translation by H.B. Dewing. Robarts - University of Toronto. London S. Heinemann.