Occupation of Ravenna
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Byzantine occupation of Ravenna, at the time controlled by the Lombards.
Chronology
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January 733: While Liutprando was in Benevento to reassert the authority of the central power over the unruly duchy, his nephew Ildebrando and the Duke of Vicenza Peredeo managed to conquer Ravenna itself. The conquest, which seemed to herald the unification of the whole of Italy under the Lombard crown, however proved to be ephemeral for the moment: after a short time, the fleet of Venice, called for help by the new Pope Gregory III, brought the capital of the Exarchate back under the Byzantine authority. Peredeus fell and Hildebrand was taken prisoner, restoring impetus to the Byzantines. The Byzantine duke of Perugia, Agathon, attempted to reconquer Bologna, but was severely defeated by the Lombard army (although Liutprando was still in Benevento).
February 733: While Liutprando was in Benevento to reassert the authority of the central power over the unruly duchy, his nephew Ildebrando and the Duke of Vicenza Peredeo managed to conquer Ravenna itself. The conquest, which seemed to herald the unification of the whole of Italy under the Lombard crown, however proved to be ephemeral for the moment: after a short time, the fleet of Venice, called for help by the new Pope Gregory III, brought the capital of the Exarchate back under the Byzantine authority. Peredeus fell and Hildebrand was taken prisoner, restoring impetus to the Byzantines. The Byzantine duke of Perugia, Agathon, attempted to reconquer Bologna, but was severely defeated by the Lombard army (although Liutprando was still in Benevento).
