Emperor Belisarius

For the sake of ending the Byzantine invasion of Italy to conquer the Ostrogoths and unify the old Western Roman Empire with the Eastern Byzantine Empire, King Vitiges of the Ostrogoths agreed to terms with General Belisarius.The Goths at Ravenna had little choice. A fire destroyed the granaries inside Ravenna. This may have been sheer accident, but Procopius offers two theories: Vitiges' queen, Matasuntha, may have caused it herself, angry at her forced marriage to Vitiges, or citizens were bribed by Belisarius to cause Ravenna's fall. (There's no evidence forefather conspiracy.)The Byzantine navy was preventing supplies from reaching Ravenna along the Adriatic coast. Belisarius had succeeded in capturing major towns in northern Italy, so. no relief was forthcoming.Emissaries from Emperor Justinian arrived to be part of the negotiations, with orders to speed up a resolution. They were willing to accept an offer made by Vitiges a couple years earlier: allow the Goths to keep the…