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After helping to suppress (532) the dangerous Nika riot (see Blues and Greens), he defeated (533-34) the Vandals of Africa, and captured their king. 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). He fought an indecisive campaign (541-42) against Khosrow I of Persia, and in 544 was sent back to Italy against the Goths led by Totila. In 559 he emerged from retirement to drive the Bulgarians from Constantinople.

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