He recovered Italy from the Ostrogoths, whose king he captured in Ravenna in 540 CE.
His command was relieved and transferred to his rival Narses due to intrigues at court, though he was recalled ten years later to repel a Bulgarian invasion of Constantinople. His first distinguishing action was his victory against a Sassanid army in Persia, and he fought in North Africa against the Vandals. He recovered Italy from the Ostrogoths, whose king he captured in Ravenna in 540 CE. In 532 CE, he quelled the struggle between the Blues and the Greens, known as the Nika riots. FTP, identify this Byzantine general who served under Emperor Justinian I.
His command was relieved and transferred to his rival Narses due to intrigues at court, though he was recalled ten years later to repel a Bulgarian invasion of Constantinople.
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