Battle of Sena Gallica (551)

Battle of Sena Gallica
	Part of the Gothic War
	; Senigallia-vista
Date	Autumn 551
Location	off Sena Gallica (modern Senigallia) Italy43°42′47″N 13°15′10″E / 43.71306°N 13.25278°E
Result	Byzantine victory
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire	Ostrogothic Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
John; Valerian	Indulf; Gibal (POW)
Strength
50 warships	47 warships
Casualties and losses
Minimal	36 ships lost, the remainder burned afterwards
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Italy

The Battle of Sena Gallica was a naval battle fought off the Italian Adriatic coast in the autumn of 551 between an East Roman (Byzantine) and an Ostrogoth fleet, during the Gothic War (535–554). It marked the end of the Goths' brief bid to deny the seas to the Romans, and the beginning of the Byzantine resurgence in the war under the leadership of Narses.

It was also the last major sea battle fought in the Mediterranean for more than a century, until the Battle of the Masts in 654.^[1]

^ Hocker (1995), p. 90

[1] Hocker (1995), p. 90

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