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Totila

500 - 552

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Totila, original name Baduila (died 1 July 552), was the penultimate King of the Ostrogoths, reigning from 541 to 552 AD. A skilled military and political leader, Totila reversed the tide of the Gothic War, recovering by 543 almost all the territories in Italy that the Eastern Roman Empire had captured from his Kingdom in 540. A relative of Theudis, sword-bearer of Theodoric the Great and king of the Visigoths, Totila was elected king by Ostrogothic nobles in the autumn of 541 after King Witigis had been carried off prisoner to Constantinople. Totila proved himself both as a military and political leader, winning the support of the lower classes by liberating slaves and distributing land to the peasants. After a successful defence at Verona, Totila pursued and defeated a numerically superior army at the Battle of Faventia in 542 AD. Totila followed these victories by defeating the Romans outside Florence and capturing Naples. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Totila is the 1,256th most popular politician (down from 1,240th in 2019), the 515th most popular biography from Italy (down from 506th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Italian Politician.

Totila was the last Ostrogothic king of Italy. He led the Ostrogoths in the Gothic War against the Byzantine Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Totila ranks 1,256 out of 19,576. Before him are Andronikos II Palaiologos, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Constantine III, and Peter II of Yugoslavia. After him are Philip III of Macedon, John III of Portugal, Margaret of Parma, Peter III of Aragon, Sarah Palin, and Grigory Potemkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500, Totila ranks 3. Before him are Theodora, and Procopius. After him are Pope Vigilius, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Basiliscus, Peroz I, Sigismund of Burgundy, Rhadamistus, Nonnus, Antipope Laurentius, and Yazdegerd II. Among people deceased in 552, Totila ranks 1. After him are Bumin Qaghan, Teia, and Menas of Constantinople.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Totila ranks 515 out of 5,161. Before him are Cesare Beccaria (1738), Maria Anna of Savoy (1803), Tinto Brass (1933), Pope Hilarius (415), Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (1666), and Antonio Meucci (1808). After him are Pope Stephen VIII (900), Lucky Luciano (1897), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), Zeuxis (-500), Octavia the Younger (-69), and Pope Valentine (780).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Totila ranks 84. Before him are Charles I of Hungary (1288), Pietro Badoglio (1871), Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (1416), Tiberius Claudius Nero (-85), Maria Anna of Savoy (1803), and Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (1666). After him are Octavia the Younger (-69), Aurelia Cotta (-120), Trebonianus Gallus (206), Gaius Gracchus (-154), Calpurnia (-77), and Francesco I Sforza (1401).

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