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When did Belisarius take command of the campaign to recover Italy from the Ostrogoths?

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In 535 he was given command of the expedition to recover Italy from the Ostrogoths. He took Naples and Rome (536) and, after some delays occasioned by a conflict of authority with Narses , captured Milan and Ravenna (540).

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