He had a lasting effect on Italy and the Pannonian Basin ; in the former his invasion marked the beginning of centuries of Lombard rule, and in the latter his defeat of the Gepids and his departure from Pannonia ended the dominance there of the Germanic peoples.

With the Lombard invasion of Italy it was annexed to the Duchy of Benevento, until it was finally destroyed by the Byzantines of Constans II in 663, reducing to a small hamlet known as Quintodecimo ( referring to its distance of 15 miles from Benevento ).

Margrave Frederick proposed an invasion of Italy in 1269, and attracted some support from the Lombard Ghibellines, but his plans were never carried out, and he played no further part in Italian affairs.

The term Exarch most commonly refers to the Exarch of Italy, who governed the area of Italy and Dalmatia, still remaining under Byzantine control after the Lombard invasion of 568.

Not content with making these preparations, Tiberius also used this period to send reinforcements to Italy under the command of Baduarius with orders to stem the Lombard invasion.

At the beginning of the Middle Ages, after the Lombard invasion, Gaeta remained under suzerainty of the Byzantine Empire.

In 568 the city was the first major centre occupied by Alboin's Lombard invasion of Italy, then part of the Byzantine Empire.

The name comacini Romantic historians of the nineteenth century traced to the location where they supposedly had their headquarters, the minute Isola Comacina in Lake Como, alleged to have been a safe haven during the Lombard invasion ; a more inventive etymology derives from a supposed Latin expression cum machinis, referring to their tools.

After the Lombard invasion it belonged to the Duchy of Ivrea.

In the Gothic War ( 535 – 552 ), and after the Lombard invasion, it was held alternately by the Byzantines and barbarians.

After the Lombard invasion, the popes ( i. e. St. Gregory, St. Peter, and St. Mark ) were nominally subject to the eastern emperor, but often received little help from Constantinople, and had to fill the lack of stately power, providing essential services ( ex.

During the Lombard invasion many things happened to the church in Milan.

Strega is the Italian word for " witch " and since legends of witchcraft at Benevento date back to the time of the Lombard invasion, it was a natural choice of name for the liqueur.

Probably built upon Roman foundations, Deruta's name in its early variants ( Ruto, Ruta, Rupta, Direpta and Diruta ) all signify the “ ruin ” of this strategic site caused by the 6th-century Gothic War and the Lombard invasion.

Crema's origins have been linked to the Lombard invasion of he 6th century CE, the name allegedly deriving from the Lombard term Krem meaning " little hill ", though this is doubtful since it does not lie significantly above the surrounding countryside.

During fall of the Western Roman Empire, Lanciano was sacked by the Goths, and was destroyed during the Lombard invasion ( c. 571 AD ).

A further cause of the Lombard migration into Italy may have been an invitation from Narses.

Columbanus ( 540 – 23 November 615 ;, meaning " the white dove ") was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries on the European continent from around 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil ( in present-day France ) and Bobbio ( Italy ), and stands as an exemplar of Irish missionary activity in early medieval Europe.

In 568, the Lombard leader Alboin invaded Italy, and founded an independent kingdom which in 774 was overthrown by Charlemagne, who was crowned Emperor of the Romans in 800.

The Papacy and the prosperous city-states of the Lombard League in northern Italy were traditional enemies, but the fear of Imperial domination caused them to join ranks to fight Frederick.

They established a Lombard Kingdom in Italy, later named Regnum Italicum (" Kingdom of Italy "), which reached its zenith under the eighth-century ruler Liutprand.

The Lombard possessions in Italy: The Lombard Kingdom ( Neustria, Austria and Tuscia ) and the Lombard Duchies of Spoleto and Benevento

In 560 a new, energetic king emerged: Alboin, who defeated the neighboring Gepidae, made them his subjects, and, in 566, married the daughter of their king Cunimund, Rosamund .< BR > In the spring of 568, King Alboin led the Lombard migration into Italy :< BR >

Pavia fell after a siege of three years, in 572, becoming the first capital city of the new Lombard kingdom of Italy.

After his defeat of Ratchis, the last Lombard to rule as king was Desiderius, duke of Tuscany, who managed to take Ravenna definitively, ending the Byzantine presence in northern Italy.

At one point in the reign of Sicard, Lombard control covered most of southern Italy save the very south of Apulia and Calabria and Naples, with its nominally attached cities.

Italy around the turn of the millennium, showing the Lombard states in the south on the eve of the arrival of the Normans.

Meanwhile, the prince Gisulf I of Salerno began using the title Langobardorum gentis princeps around mid-century, but the ideal of a united Lombard principality was realised only in December 977, when Gisulf died and his domains were inherited by Pandulf Ironhead, who temporarily held almost all Italy south of Rome and brought the Lombards into alliance with the Holy Roman Empire.

They may have owned more than half of the land in Lombard Italy.

The urbanisation of Lombard Italy was characterised by the città ad isole ( or " city as islands ").

It appears from archaeology that the great cities of Lombard Italy — Pavia, Lucca, Siena, Arezzo, Milan — were themselves formed of very minute islands of urbanisation within the old Roman city walls.

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The small Oratorio di Santa Maria in Valle in Cividale del Friuli is probably one of the oldest preserved pieces of Lombard architecture, as Cividale was the first Lombard city in Italy.

All these building are in northern Italy ( Langobardia major ), but by far the best-preserved Lombard structure is in southern Italy ( Langobardia minor ).

Peace returned under Lombard rule in the 6th century.

* Lombard state on the Carpathians ( 6th century )

* Lombard state in Pannonia ( 6th century )

* The Basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d ' Oro (" St. Peter in Golden Sky "), where Saint Augustine, Boethius and the Lombard king Liutprand are buried, was begun in the 6th century.

The term Lombard refers to members of or things related, directly or indirectly, to the Lombards ( Latin: Langobardi ), a Germanic tribe that dominated northern Italy and adjoining areas from the 6th to 8th centuries.

From the 6th century Bergamo was the seat of one of the most important Lombard duchies of northern Italy, together with Brescia, Trento and Cividale del Friuli: its first Lombard duke was Wallaris.

Starting from the Lombard settlements ( 6th century ), the historical paths of Friuli and Venezia Giulia begin to diverge.

When the nail was incorporated into a crown and how it fell into the hands of the Lombard kings is unclear, though legends involve Theodelinda, the queen of Lombards who resided at Monza in the late 6th century, for her part in converting the Lombards to Christianity.

It is one of the best-preserved of the network of Lombard fortresses of the 6th and the 7th century in central Italy, strategically placed to control the whole territory.

In the 6th century it became part of the Lombard kingdom of northern Italy.