enlist him as an ally. Desiderius already had alliances with Bavaria and Benevento through the marriages of his daughters to their dukes, and an alliance...

The 730s decade ran from January 1, 730, to December 31, 739. King Liutprand contracts an alliance with Eutychius, exarch of Ravenna, and agrees to support...

cathedral's floor. Liutprand was a very devout Christian and like many of the Lombard kings was zealous about collecting relics of saints. Liutprand paid a great...

leader Pandulf Ironhead. Originally appointed by Otto I as Prince of Benevento and Capua in 961, Pandulf waged war against the Byzantines and expanded...

mixed with pitch, resin, and plaster was to us undrinkable", complained Liutprand of Cremona, who was the ambassador sent to Constantinople in 968 by the...

confirming Guy of Spoleto's election as King of Italy at the end of 888. Liutprand of Cremona: Legation to the Byzantine emperor Nicephorus Phocas (Historia...

opposition on Italian soil, Pepin the Short, the old enemy of the usurpers of Liutprand's family, finally managed to overthrow the Merovingian dynasty in Gaul...

Apulia. In southern Italy, Frederick attacked and razed St Angelo and Benevento. In the meantime the Ghibelline city of Ferrara had fallen, and Frederick...

reinstated. These decisions made Henry unpopular among the Lombards, and Benevento, although a papal vassal, would not approve of him. The Italian circuit...

II Phokas in 962. (CSHB 16-18, Runc. Vol I, pp. 32n, 347) Liutprand of Cremona. Liutprand of Cremona (921–972) was an Italian historian whose works Antapodosis...