Byzantine–Lombard wars

Byzantine–Lombard wars
	Part of the Barbarian invasions
	; Contemporary scene from the Isola Rizza dish
Date	568 – 750
Location	Italian Peninsula
Result	Mixed results Lombardic conquest of the Exarchate of Ravenna; Roman (Byzantine) victory in Southern Italy;
Belligerents
Lombards	Eastern Rome
Commanders and leaders
Alboin; Gisulf I of Friuli	Smaragdus; Callinicus; Eutychius

The Byzantine–Lombard wars were a protracted series of conflicts which occurred from AD 568 to 750 between the Byzantine Empire and a Germanic tribe known 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 Italy. The conflicts ended in a Byzantine defeat, as the Lombards were able to secure large parts of Northern Italy at first, eventually conquering the Exarchate of Ravenna in 750.

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