Lombards 569
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Year | 569 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
|---|---|---|
| Era | Medieval (500–1499) | derived from year |
| Location | Italy | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Byzantine–Lombard Wars | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Byzantine Empire, Kingdom of the Lombards | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 45.1812, 9.1539 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Lombards, Longobards or Langobards (Latin: Langobardi) were a Germanic people who conquered most of the Italian Peninsula between 568 and 774 AD. They had previously settled in the Middle Danube in the 5th century, near what is now Austria, Slovenia and Hungary. Still earlier they lived further north, near present day Hamburg. Roman-era historians in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD mention the Lombards as one of the Suebian peoples, and report them living on the Lower Elbe in the early 1st century. Their legacy is apparent in Lombardy, northern Italy, the region deriving its name from them.
Apart from a single mention in the Cosmographia of Julius Honorius, there are no contemporary accounts of the Lombards in the 3rd or 4th century. They reappear in historical records living near the Danube river in the late 5th century. Legendary accounts of the Lombard migration are found in several early medieval texts, the oldest being the Origo Gentis Langobardorum (Origin of the Lombard People). There are two other notable later adaptions, the Chronicon Gothanum and the more scholarly History of the Lombards by Paul the Deacon, written between 787 and 796 AD, which contain more information.
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