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The Lombard Invasion: Barbarians Who Became Italian
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire and Justinian's grueling Gothic War, a new barbarian group swept into Italy: the Lombards. Led by King Alboin, they crossed the Alps in 568 AD and conquered much of the peninsula, but unlike the Ostrogoths, they never fully unified Italy. Instead, they left a patchwork of duchies and independent city-states that shaped medieval Italy. We explore the Lombard law code, their conversion from Arianism to Catholicism, and the rise of the Papal States as a temporal power—a direct result of Lombard threats. Key figures include Alboin, Queen Rosamund…
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