History of the Wars, Books V and VI: The Gothic War

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A detailed contemporary account of the war for control of Italy that follows campaigns, sieges, troop movements, and the shifting fortunes of rival powers. It blends military description with political narrative, reporting treaties, negotiations, betrayals, and administrative arrangements that accompanied conquests and occupations. The text supplies geographic and logistical detail, commentary on fortifications and urban life, and explanatory notes that clarify events and place names. Overall it aims to record the sequence of operations and the decisions of commanders and rulers while documenting how military action and diplomacy together reshaped authority in the peninsula.

Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

Index:

The following words were changed so that the index matched what was actually in the text.

Original Index	Changed To
"Aclyinus"	"Aquilinus"
"Aegypt"	"Egypt"
"Peter"	"Pastor" (under Asclepiodotus)
"Giselicus"	"Giselic" (under Alaric and Giselic)
"Aquilea"	"Aquileia"
"Bandalarius"	"Vandalarius" (under Vandalarius and Visandus)
"Chorsomantis"	"Chorsamantis"
"Diomed"	"Diomedes" (twice under Beneventus)
"Messina"	"Messana" (under Charybdis and Scylla)
"Chersonnesus"	"Chersonese"
"Rudolphus"	"Rodolophus" (under Lombards)
"Viselicus"	"Giselic" (under Visigoths)
"Uraias"	"Uraïas"

Body-guard used four times in the A section in index changed to bodyguard to conform to text.

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