Arechi I's Expansion
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Were the military campaigns of Arechi I, the Lombard duke of Beveneto, that led to the conquest of Nola and Crotone.
Chronology
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January 597: Fall of Nola to Lombard forces from the Duchy of Benevento.
January 601: A Byzantine fleet conquered back Crotone.
January 602: Lombard forces of the Duchy of Benevento conquer Nuceria Alfaterna.
January 600: Arechi I of Benvento conquers Atella.
January 642: At his death, the Byzantine garrisons in the South were greatly reduced. Only Naples, Amalfi, Gaeta, Sorrento, part of Calabria and the seaside cities of Puglia (Trani, Bari, Brindisi, Otranto) remained in Byzantium.
The Lombard duke of Beveneto conquered Crotone.
January 597: Fall of Nola and threat against Amalfi (the Longobards made many prisoners, who were ransomed by the pope) and also the conquest of Crotone, however too exposed to the attacks of the Byzantine fleet and soon lost again.
