Aistulf´s War against the Byzantines

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Were a series of military campaings of the Lombard King Aistulf against the Byzantine territories in Italy.

Chronology

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January 752: Having reorganized and strengthened the army, Astolfo immediately went on the offensive against the Italian territories still subject (albeit more in name than in fact) to the Byzantine Empire. In 750 he invaded the Exarchate from the north, occupying Comacchio and Ferrara. In the summer of 751 he managed to conquer Istria and then Ravenna itself, the capital and symbol of Byzantine power in Italy. He settled in the exarch's palace, which was equalized to the royal palace of Pavia as the center of the Lombard kingdom.