Sack of Rome (546)

Siege of Rome (546)
Part of the Gothic War (535–554)
Walls and gates of Rome, 6th century. Totila and his men entered via the Porta Asinaria, in the southeast.
Date March – 17 December 546 AD Location Rome Result Ostrogothic victory
Belligerents
Eastern Roman Empire	Ostrogothic Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Bessas Belisarius	Totila

The sack of Rome in 546 was carried out by the Gothic king Totila during the Gothic War of 535–554 between the Ostrogoths and the Eastern Roman Empire. Totila was based at Tivoli and, in pursuit of his quest to reconquer the region of Latium, he moved against Rome. The city endured a siege lasting almost a year before falling to the Goths.