 Totila akafarikanya zvikomborero zvinoverengeka: kutanga kweDenda raJustinian rakaparadza uye rakaparadza vanhu muUmambo hweRoma muna 542; kutanga kweHondo itsva yeRoma nePersiaJustinian akamanikidzira kuparadzira mazhinji amauto ake kumabvazuva; uye kusakwanisa uye kusabatana kwavakuru vakuru vehondo veRoma vakasiana-siana muItaly kwakaderedza kushanda kwechiuto nokurangwa. Izvi zvakaunza kubudirira kwokutanga kwaTotila. Pashure pokukurudzirwa zvikuru naJustinian, vakuru vakuru Constantine naAlexander vakabatanidza mauto avo ndokuenda kuVerona. Kupfurikidza nokunyengera vakakwanisa kutora gedhi mumasvingo eguta; panzvimbo pokumanikidzira kurwisa vakanonoka kukakavadzana pamusoro pezvingava zvakapambwa, vachibvumira vaGoth kutorazve gedhi uye kumanikidza vaByzantine kuti vadzoke. Totila akarwisa musasa wavo pedyo neFaventia Faenza nevarume 5.000 uye, muHondo yeFaventia, akaparadza uto reRoma. Totila akaenda kuTuscany, kwaakadzivirira Florence. Mauto makuru eRoma, John, Bessas, naCyprian, akaenda kunoribatsira asi, muHondo yeMucellium, mauto avo akanga akawanda akakundwa. 