The Kingdom of the Lombards, also known as the Lombard Kingdom and later as the Kingdom of all Italy (Latin: Regnum totius Italiae), was an early medieval...

and 774. The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the History of the Lombards (written between 787 and 796) that the Lombards descended...

and the Kingdom of the Lombards. The marriage also sought to isolate Charlemagne's brother Carloman I, who ruled over the central territories of Francia...

ruled by Odoacer The Ostrogothic Kingdom (493–553), officially known as the "Kingdom of Italy" (Regnum Italiae) The Kingdom of the Lombards (568–774), sometimes...

Later the governors of the region received the title of margraves. Kingdom of the Lombards March of Tuscany Lucca Paul the Deacon. Historia Langobardorum...

Emperor) The Lombards under Alboin established their kingdom in the extreme north of Italy in 568, gradually pushing the Byzantine Romans back from the peninsula...

that Lombards used crosses and calvaries as their only symbols. First documented flag of Milan Milan's standard bearer, detail from the bas-reliefs of Porta...

made of iron beaten out of a nail of the True Cross. In the later Middle Ages, the crown came to be seen as a heritage from the Kingdom of the Lombards and...

and the kings from Liutprand (r. 712–744) on was the duchy closely tied to the Kingdom of the Lombards. After the fall of the kingdom in 774, the duchy...

as the Lombards. The wars began primarily because of the imperialistic inclinations of the Lombard king Alboin, as he sought to take possession of Northern...