Initially, the Byzantines were successful, but under the leadership of Totila, the Goths reconquered most of the lost territory until Totila's death at the Battle of Taginae.

Initially Babylon was a small nation which did not control much territory, and was overshadowed by much older, powerful, and more established kingdoms like Isin, Larsa, Assyria and Elam.

Initially, however, their residence and the centre of the territory was the castle of Plassenburg in Kulmbach.

Initially Northern Wei was a vassal of Later Yan, but by 395 had rebelled and by 398 had conquered most of Later Yan territory north of the Yellow River.

Initially a village, Bellbrook grew by way of annexation of territory from surrounding Sugarcreek Township.

Initially, the Alagoano territory constituted the southern part of the Captaincy of Pernambuco and only gained its autonomy in 1817.

Initially the men hoped to be able to wait for the British 2nd Army to resume their advance and thus relieve them, but when it became clear that the Allies would not cross the Rhine that year the men decided to escape back to Allied territory.

Initially, the Far Eastern Republic comprised only the area around Verkhne-Udinsk, but during the Summer of 1920, the Soviet government of the Amur territory agreed to join.

Initially Brigham Young, President of the Church, intended to apply for status as a territory, and sent John Milton Bernhisel eastward to Washington, D. C. with the petition for territorial status.

Initially its territory included the districts of Ellwangen, Tannenberg and Kochenburg.

Initially, the territory of the ASSR was divided into ten kantons-Sviyazhsk, Tetyushi, Buinsk, Spassk, Chistopol, Menzelinsk, Bugulma, Arsk, Laishevo, and Mamadysh.

Initially, Murong Huang and his son Murong Jun claimed the Jin Dynasty ( 265-420 )- created title " Prince of Yan ," but subsequently, in 352, after seizing most of the former Later Zhao territory, Murong Juan would declare himself emperor, and after that point, the rulers of the Former Yan declared themselves " emperors ".

Initially, the Akimel O ’ Odham experienced little intensive colonial contact, and early exchanges instead were limited to parties traveling through the territory or community members visiting settlements to the south.

Initially, its territory included the later counties Orava, Turiec and Liptov, which became separate counties in the early 14th century.

Initially, he wrestled under the name Kawal – " soldier " in the Tagalog language – in FCW, WWE's development territory, but later changed it to Kaval.

Initially it was an autonomous territory under French rule known as the Alawite Territories.

Initially, Lincoln expected to bring about the eventual extinction of slavery by stopping its further expansion into any U. S. territory, and by proposing compensated emancipation ( an offer Congress applied to Washington, D. C ) in his early presidency.

Initially Te Wherowhero favoured the Pākehā arrivals in his territory: his daughter, Tiria, married the trader John Kent.

Initially, Fertig's forces were able to repel Japanese attempts to recapture territory held by the guerrillas.

Initially this territory was a province of Caucasian Albania, until it ended its existence and united with Kolkheti and Svania to make up Kingdom of Iberia in around 4 BC.

Initially an SYT territory, it has since fallen into YSF hands with some less than conventional methods.

Initially it was difficult to obtain a digital satellite or terrestrial receiver without a subscription to Sky or ONdigital respectively, but now the channel forms an important part of the Freeview package of channels.

Initially, on 1 July 1867, there were four provinces in confederation as " One dominion under the name of Canada ": Canada West ( former Upper Canada, now Ontario ), Canada East ( former Lower Canada, now Quebec ), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.

Initially developed to facilitate payments within the European Union, it has now also been implemented by most European countries and many other countries, especially in the Middle East and in the Caribbean.

Initially unnamed, it is now known as HR 6875.

Initially developed with the theme of equal opportunity access and inclusion of students with learning or physical disabilities, the themes governing universal access to education have now expanded across all forms of ability and diversity.

Initially covering a wide variety of fantasy and science-fiction role-playing and board games, particularly the role playing games ( Advanced ) Dungeons & Dragons, RuneQuest and Traveller ( which were all published by other games companies ), the magazine underwent a major change in style and content in the late 1980s and is now dedicated exclusively to the miniature wargames produced by Games Workshop, mainly the core systems of Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer 40, 000 and The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game.

Initially, only British riders were allowed to compete ( although women were allowed, despite being banned from riding in the Olympics ), but the competition is now an international open to all riders from around the world who have qualified for this level of competition.

Initially, minor changes were made which is now called Tamil Brahmi which has far fewer letters than some of the other Indic scripts as it has no separate aspirated or voiced consonants.

Initially thought to be useless, shortwave radio now has many applications where the behaviour of radio waves in the Earth's atmosphere makes long-range communication possible.

Initially the beers were brewed at brewery De Halve Maan in Hulst but now they are brewed at De Koningshoeven, the brewery of La Trappe, in Tilburg.

Initially operating from one branch, the service is now provided by the majority of branches and co-ordinated from the organisation's head office.

Initially located in the Hôtel de Juigné ( now Hôtel Salé and home to the Musée Picasso ), it was transferred to rue Montgolfier in 1884, where it stayed until 1969.

Initially an agricultural service centre, it now has a growing and diverse economy and is the second fastest growing urban area in New Zealand.

Initially, the Nile perch's diet consisted of native cichlids, but with decreasing availability of this prey, it now consumes mainly small shrimp and minnows.

Initially a fully volunteer fire department, the KFD is now a combination fire department utilizing firefighters to carry out its objectives.

Initially, the Chapel, now non-denominational, was to be specifically Roman Catholic, and during the first three years of the project ( 1964 – 67 ) Rothko believed it would remain so.

Initially a state record, it is now second to Delphos St. John's High School's 57 games.

Initially a gathering of traders from the entire region the market has long since grown to be more than a simple gathering of traders and is now a week long cultural event with lectures, music recitals and much more.

Initially known as the Trinity Thunderbolts, the club now competes under the name " Trinity College ".

Initially Māori only, then bicultural with colonial and rural values, now New Zealand is a cosmopolitan culture that reflects its changing demographics, is conscious of the natural environment, and is an educated, developed Western society.

Initially designed for historical imagery, it is now also used to create subject access to texts and to classify a wide range of images, including modern photography.

Initially open to teams from pubs within the greater Auckland region it is now open to teams from throughout New Zealand.

Initially, the most prominent influences came from Africa, Ireland, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, though now encompass an ever-widening range of ethnic diversity.

Initially connecting Leeds with London ( St Pancras ) via the East Midlands by what is now the Midland Main Line, it went on to connect the East Midlands with Birmingham and Bristol, and with York and Manchester.