Rule of the Dukes
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Was an interregnum in the Lombard Kingdom of Italy during which Italy was ruled by the Lombard dukes of the old Roman provinces and urban centres.
Chronology
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Lombard conquest of Classis.
January 580: In 579, he sacked Classis, the harbour of Ravenna. Between 584 and 588, Classis was retaken by Droctulf.
January 580: Sack of Classis.
Lombard siege of Rome.
January 580: The Liber Pontificalis narrates that in those years many fortresses were forced to surrender to the Lombards due to hunger and that Rome itself was besieged by them in 579. In 579 Rome was also besieged, but the siege failed.
February 580: The Liber Pontificalis narrates that in those years many fortresses were forced to surrender to the Lombards due to hunger and that Rome itself was besieged by them in 579. In 579 Rome was also besieged, but the siege failed.
Lombard siege of Naples.
February 582: During the siege of Naples in 582, the Lombard king Zotto attempted to conquer the city but was ultimately unsuccessful. As a result, Naples remained under the control of the Eastern Roman Empire.
January 582: Zotto, also known as Zotto I, was the Duke of Benevento who attempted to conquer Naples in 581 but was unsuccessful and had to abandon the siege. This event marked a failed military campaign by the Duchy of Benevento to expand its territory.
The Byzantines paid the Franks to invade the Kingdom of the Lombards.
January 585: From 582, Byzantine Emperor Maurice sought Frankish intervention against the Lombards in Northern Italy. In 583, an embassy was sent to King of Metz Childebert II with 50,000 gold solidi. The Frankish king invaded in 584.
February 585: The Frankish king invaded Childebert II withdrew from northern Italy after being paid off by the Lombard dukes.
