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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Totila has received more than 321,248 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Totila is the 1,271st most popular politician (down from 1,268th in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from Italy (up from 518th in 2019) and the 78th 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 1,271 out of 15,577Before him are Emperor Wu of Jin, Herod Agrippa, Halford Mackinder, Fredrik Bajer, Henry the Lion, and Æthelred the Unready. After him are Georgy Lvov, Paul Bocuse, Stateira II, Camille Desmoulins, Walther Funk, and Theophilos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500, Totila ranks 4Before him are Procopius, Theodora, and Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. After him are Pope Vigilius, Sigismund of Burgundy, Peroz I, Basiliscus, Nonnus, Yazdegerd II, Ambrosius Aurelianus, and Ildico. Among people deceased in 552, Totila ranks 1After him are Bumin Qaghan, Teia, and Menas of Constantinople.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Totila ranks 510 out of 4,668Before him are Oriana Fallaci (1929), Franco Nero (1941), Pope-elect Stephen (700), Francesco Redi (1626), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), and Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541). After him are Cornelius Nepos (-100), Pietro Aretino (1492), Pope Boniface VI (800), Alberto Ascari (1918), Giovanni Falcone (1939), and Pope Hilarius (415).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Totila ranks 78Before him are Galeazzo Ciano (1903), Brennus (-500), Conrad IV of Germany (1228), Francesco I Sforza (1401), Lentulus Batiatus (-200), and Trebonianus Gallus (206). After him are Maria Anna of Savoy (1803), Francis I of the Two Sicilies (1777), Giorgio Napolitano (1925), Rodolfo Graziani (1882), Octavia the Younger (-69), and Philip of Swabia (1177).