The Lombards or Langobards (Langobardī, Italian Longobardi), were a Germanic tribe who ruled Italy from 568 to 774. The Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the Historia Langobardorum that the Lombards descended from a small tribe called the Winnili who dwelt in southern Scandinavia (Scadanan) before migrating to seek new lands. In the 1st ...
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The Lombards, Longobardi or Langobardi (so called either from the long barte or spear which they carried, or from the long beards), were a Germanic or Teutonic people who at the beginning of the Christian era were dwelling on the Lower Elbe. They make little appearance in history until the 6th century, when, under their king Alboin, they entered It...
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