Busta Gallorum

   Site in Italy (q.v.) of a famous Byzantine victory over Totila of the Ostrogoths (qq.v.) in 552. This battle was a serious blow to Ostrogothic resistance, and within two years the long Ostrogothic war was over. Narses (q.v.), the capable Byzantine general who had replaced Belisarios (q.v.) in Italy, sent the bloodstained garments of Totila to Constantinople (q.v.) as proof of his death.