The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, Longobards found in older English texts), were Germanic people who migrated southwards to occupy the Hungarian plains during the 6th century and entered the late Roman Empire.

Pressure from the Avars caused them to move westwards, and in ad 568 they invaded Italy and established a kingdom in the Po Valley, with virtually independent duchies in the south. The northern kingdom was annexed by Charlemagne but the duchies survived until the Norman conquest of the mid 11th century ad.... More • http://www.answers.c ... c/lombards View • Books • Images • Videos • Search Related • Migrations • Wars • Byzantine • Germanic • Germany • Hungary • Italy • Lombards • Middle Ages • Ravenna • Roman Age • Romans • 6th Century AD • 7th Century AD • 8th Century AD • All Events