 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mambo weVandal aida Roma Hilderic akadonhedzwa nehama yake Gelimer muna 530. Kumukira kwakatevera muSardinia neTripolitania kwakapa Justinian chikonzero chokupindira. Akagadza Belisarius kuti atungamirire kupinda muumambo hwevaVandal kutanga kwa533 C.E. Mwanasikana waTheodoric, Amalasuntha, uyo akatonga Umambo hweOstrogothic muItaly somutongi womwanakomana wake Athalaric, akabvumira mauto eRoma kuti ashandise chiteshi chengarava cheSirakusi munguva yehondo. Mugore rimwe chete, Belisarius akakunda maVandal achitsigirwa nevanhu vomunyika yacho ndokukunda umambo hwavo. Kugadzikana kwenharaunda dzakanga dzatorwazve dzokuchamhembe kweAfrica kwakatora makore akawanda nemhaka yemhirizhonga yemadzinza evaBerber aisateerera uye kubatana kwawo nemauto eRoma aipandukira. MuItaly, Athalaric akafa uye hama yaAmalasuntha Theodahad akaita kuti aurayiwe muna 535. Njodzi yemusikirwo isingazivikanwi, sezvingabvira guruva rinobva mukuputika kukuru kwemakomo anoputika, yakasvibisa zuvapakati pa 24 March 535 na 24 June 536. Tembiricha yakaderera yakakonzera kukundikana kukuru kwezvirimwa nenzara huru. Njodzi yacho haina kudzivisa Justinian kuenda kuhondo kuzorwa navaOstrogoth. Muna 535 Mundus akakunda Dalmatia uye Belisarius akakunda Sicily. Mumakore mashanu akatevera, Belisarius akatora inenge yose yeItaly, asi umambo hweOstrogothic hwakaramba huripo kuchamhembe. Vachishandisa mukana wokuunganidzwa kwemauto eRoma muItaly, vaBulgaria vakatanga kupamba zvinhu muBalkans, uye Khosrow akatangazve hondo. Akapinda muSiriya, akapamba Andiyoki uye akadzorera utongi hwevaSassanian pamusoro peLazica. 