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No particular geographical feature helped the Ostrogoths' hold on Italy. In fact they settled in an area of the north which was flat. This did not facilitate the defence of their area in case of attack.
The Ostrogoths' hold on Italy was due more the failure of the eastern Romans (also called Byzantines) to capitalise on their victory, rather than geographical factors. The eastern Roman emperor Justinian I decided to recover Italy for the empire. This led to the Gothic War, which lasted 17 years. The eastern Romans (also called Byzantines), led by the General Belisarius won the first phase of the war (535-40). Belisarius then left Italy to fight a war against the Persians. However, he did not appoint a commander-in-chief for Italy and the troops left in Italy were undisciplined and committed acts of plundering. It was this that enabled the Ostrogoths to restart the war. Their success in the second phase (541-550) was helped by three factors: The incompetence and lack of unity of the eastern Roman military commanders in Italy, the fact that the eastern Romans were engaged in the war with the Persians and an outbreak of an epidemic called the Plague of Justinian (542-42), which was one of the worse in history, which killed up to a quieter of the population of the empire. A pandemic of this scale did not occur again until the Black Death 800 years alter. The last two factors meant that they could not send reinforcements to Italy. When the eastern Romans organised a proper campaign in Italy, the Visigoths were defeated in one year.
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What helped the ostrogoths hold Italy?
nothing
What geographic feature is Italy?
A peninsula.
What geographic feature separates Switzerland from Italy?
The Alps separate Switzerland from Italy.
Who established the kingdom of the Ostrogoths in Italy?
Theodoric
What geographic feature most likely hinder the Byzantine from expanding north of Italy?
a sea
What geographic feature makes it more difficult for Italian merchants to trade with countries north of Italy?
Alps
Which four tribes invaded Italy?
Celts, Germans, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Huns, Vandals, Venetii .......
Where are the apennines located?
The Apennine Mountains are located in Italy, running the length of the Italian Peninsula from north to south. They are a key geographic feature in Italy's landscape, influencing its climate and geography.
What geographic features helped the Ostrogoth's to hold Italy?
No particular geographical feature helped the Ostrogoths' hold on Italy. In fact they settled in an area of the north which was flat. This did not facilitate the defence of their area in case of attack. The Ostrogoths' hold on Italy was due more the failure of the eastern Romans (also called Byzantines) to capitalise on their victory, rather than geographical factors. The eastern Roman emperor Justinian I decided to recover Italy for the empire. This led to the Gothic War, which lasted 17 years. The eastern Romans (also called Byzantines), led by the General Belisarius won the first phase of the war (535-40). Belisarius then left Italy to fight a war against the Persians. However, he did not appoint a commander-in-chief for Italy and the troops left in Italy were undisciplined and committed acts of plundering. It was this that enabled the Ostrogoths to restart the war. Their success in the second phase (541-550) was helped by three factors: The incompetence and lack of unity of the eastern Roman military commanders in Italy, the fact that the eastern Romans were engaged in the war with the Persians and an outbreak of an epidemic called the Plague of Justinian (542-42), which was one of the worse in history, which killed up to a quieter of the population of the empire. A pandemic of this scale did not occur again until the Black Death 800 years alter. The last two factors meant that they could not send reinforcements to Italy. When the eastern Romans organised a proper campaign in Italy, the Visigoths were defeated in one year.
Who Were the first two major Germanic groups to occupy Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
The Ostrogoths and the Vandals.
What events made it possible for the ostrogoths to conquer rome?
The Ostrogoths did not conquer Rome. They left Rome alone and let her self-govern. Zeno, the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire sent Theodoric the Great, the king of the Ostrogoths, to invade Italy on his behalf in order to depose Odoacer, a usurper who had led a rebellion of Germanic soldiers enlisted in the Roman army in Italy and deposed the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The Ostrogoths had settled in the Eastern Roman Empire and had become a powerful political and military force there. When he invaded Italy, Theodoric established the kingdom of the Ostrogoths, which covered Italy and Illyria (the east coast of the Adriatic Sea). Theodoric's intention was not to take over what was left of the Western Roman Empire. He established himself in Ravenna, the capital of the Western Roman Empire. He just wanted land for his people to settle and left the Latin cities alone allowed them to self-govern. He also wanted to re-establish the splendour of the Roman Empire and carried out infrastructure work in Italy.
What was the geographic location of the Incas?
rome italy
