It came up to the north and took Mediolanum (Milan) and Ravenna in 540, and in 561 the area was pacified.
Among the different Germanic people who had forsaken their purple antiques to live in the best land, the lombards were told, to whom Justinian had left to settle in Panonia, at the condition of defending the border.
The pressure of the cities on the Pope caused the king of the French, Pipin the Breve, to take place between 756 and 758 reprieves in the north of Italy.
The situation was impotent with the death of Pipino, but the reunification of the French under Carol Magne led to a new intervention in Italy in 774.
After a brief battle, Carolo Magne conquered the kingdom of Lombardy which, holding its autonomy, became a member of the Carolingian Empire.
Between the X and the 13th centuries, certain maritime republics had great economic prosperity, thanks for their business activity, in a framework of extensive political autonomy.
Generally, the definition is referred to as four cities: Amalphi, Pisa, Genua and Venetia.
The other cities of the area had independence, participated in the Crusades, counted with a naval fleet, etc.
Among them can stand Gaeta, Ancona, and Noli.
XYZ Renascentia, Foreign master and unification
A third of the population in 1348 was killed by the panda of black.
