Editing 535 (section)

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Gothic War (535–554)|Gothic War]]: Emperor Justinian I appoints [[Belisarius]] commander-in-chief (''[[Autokrator|stratēgos autokratōr]]''), and sends a Byzantine expeditionary force of only 8,000 soldiers (half are heavy East Roman cavalry) to begin the reconquest of Italy.<ref name="Norw">J. Norwich, ''Byzantium: The Early Centuries'', p. 215</ref>
* Summer &ndash; Belisarius lands in [[Sicily]] and meets little opposition, save for the [[Ostrogoths|Gothic]] garrison of [[Palermo]]. Laying [[siege]] to the [[citadel]], he [[blockade]]s the harbour with his ships. [[Mundus (general)|Mundus]] invades [[Dalmatia]] and captures its capital, [[Salona]]. 
* Justinian I issues the ''[[Lex Julia]]'' and declares that a wife has no right to bring criminal charges of [[adultery]] against a husband. This makes [[divorce]] almost impossible in the [[Byzantine Empire]]. 
* [[December 31]] &ndash; Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his [[consul]]ship for the year.