<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Rome_(537–538)" id="mwEQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Rome (537–538)">Siege of Rome</a>: King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitiges" id="mwEg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vitiges">Vitiges</a> attempts to assault the northern and eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelian_Walls" id="mwEw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aurelian Walls">city walls</a>, but is repulsed at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta_Maggiore" id="mwFA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Porta Maggiore">Praenestine Gate</a>, known as the <i id="mwFQ"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivarium_(Rome)" id="mwFg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vivarium (Rome)">Vivarium</a></i>, by the defenders under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" id="mwFw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> generals <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessas_(magister_militum)" id="mwGA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bessas (magister militum)">Bessas</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranius_the_Iberian" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peranius the Iberian">Peranius</a>.