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See also:TOTILA (d. 552) , See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
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- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the See also:Ostrogoths, was chosen king after the See also:death of his See also:uncle Ildibad in 541, his real name being, as is seen from the coinage issued by him, Baduila. The See also:work of his See also:life was the restoration of the See also:Gothic See also:kingdom in See also:Italy and he entered upon the task at the very beginning of his reign, See also:collecting together and inspiring the Goths and winning a victory over the troops of the See also:emperor Justinian, near See also:Faenza. Having gained another victory in 542, this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in the valley of Mugello, he See also:left See also:Tuscany for See also:Naples, captured that See also:city and then received the submission of the provinces of Lucania, See also:Apulia and See also:Calabria. Totila's See also:conquest of Italy was marked not only by celerity but also by See also:mercy, and See also:Gibbon says " none were deceived, either See also:friends or enemies, who depended on his faith or his clemency." Towards the end of 545 the Gothic king took up his station at See also:Tivoli and prepared to starve See also:Rome into surrender, making at the same time elaborate preparations for checking the progress of Bellsarius who was advancing to its See also:relief. The Imperial See also:fleet, moving up the See also:Tiber and led by the See also:great See also:general, only just failed to succour the city, which must then, perforce, open its See also:gates to the Goths. It was plundered, although Totila did not carry out his See also:threat to make it a pasture for See also:cattle, and when the Gothic See also:army withdrew into Apulia it was from a See also:scene of desolation. But its walls and other fortifications were soon restored, and Totila again marching against it was defeated by See also:Belisarius, who, however, did not follow up his See also:advantage. Several cities were taken by the Goths, while Belisarius remained inactive and then left Italy, and in 549 Totila advanced a third time against Rome, which he captured through the treachery of some of its defenders. His next exploit was the conquest and See also:plunder of See also:Sicily, after which he subdued See also:Corsica and See also:Sardinia and sent a Gothic fleet against the coasts of See also:Greece. By this time the emperor Justinian was taking energetic See also:measures to check the Goths. The conduct of a new See also:campaign was entrusted to the See also:eunuch See also:Narses; Totila marched against him and was defeated and killed at the See also:battle of Tagina in See also:July
552.
See E. Gibbon, Decline and Fall, edited by J. B. See also:Bury (1898), vol. iv; T. See also:Hodgkin, Italy and her Invaders (1896), vol. iv. and Kampfner, Totila, See also:Konig der Ostgoten (1889).
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