image: Lombard kingdom 616Italy was invaded by the Lombards under leadership of their king Alboin le
image: Lombard kingdom 616Italy was invaded by the Lombards under leadership of their king Alboin less than two decades after the war between the Byzantine Empire and the Ostrogothic Kingdom known as the Gothic Wars (535-554). The Lombards initially settled in Pannonia and helped the Avars destroy the Kingdom of Gepids in 567 but feeling threatened by their former allies Avars they invaded northern Italy one year later.Read more -- source link
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