Conquest of papal cities by the lombards
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Military campaign of Lombard king Liutprand against the Ducatus Romanus, the province around Rome.
Chronology
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January 739: Liutprand immediately began the conquest of the Ducatus Romanus, the province around Rome. After capturing Orte and Bomarzo, he arrived at Rome and besieged it. The Pope sent an embassy to Charles Martel to beg for aid, promising favour then and in the future world: the cover letter survives.
February 739: Liutprand immediately began the conquest of the Ducatus Romanus, the province around Rome. After capturing Orte and Bomarzo, he arrived at Rome and besieged it. The Pope sent an embassy to Charles Martel to beg for aid, promising favour then and in the future world: the cover letter survives.
January 743: With the appointment of Zacharias as pope, Liutprand returned to seek papal consent: the two met in Terni in 743 where the Lombard king made an act of renunciation of possession of some Umbrian cities occupied in 742, when he had annexed the duchies of Spoleto and of Benevento, donating Narni, Blera, Orte, Bomarzo and Terni to the Roman duchy.
January 744: With the appointment of Zacharias as pope, Liutprand returned to seek papal consent: the two met in Terni in 743 where the Lombard king made an act of renunciation of possession of some Umbrian cities occupied in 742, when he had annexed the duchies of Spoleto and of Benevento, donating Narni, Blera, Orte, Bomarzo and Terni to the Roman duchy.
