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Kingdom <strong>of</strong> the Franks<br />

a<br />

45°N<br />

b<br />

40°N<br />

c<br />

0<br />

forging the lombard kingdom (568,605) 537<br />

A 10°E B<br />

15°E<br />

C<br />

KINGDOM OF THE<br />

Pavia<br />

LOMBARDS<br />

LIGURIA<br />

Cagliari<br />

Genoa<br />

Byzantine frontiers<br />

Lombard frontiers<br />

Via Amerina (Rome-Rimini)<br />

Land over 1000 metres<br />

SCALE<br />

0 100 200 300<br />

Trento<br />

Invillino<br />

DUCHY OF<br />

FRIULI Cividale<br />

Grado<br />

Padua Heraclia<br />

Verona<br />

VENETIA<br />

Monselice Porecˇ<br />

Pula<br />

EXARCHATE<br />

Ravenna<br />

Classe<br />

Rimini<br />

Perugia<br />

400 km<br />

Torcello<br />

PENTAPOLIS<br />

100 200 miles<br />

A 10°E<br />

B<br />

DUCHY OF<br />

Map 11 Lombard and Byzantine Italy c. a.d. 600<br />

the Apennines, jeopardizing communications between Rome and the<br />

Byzantine enclaves in the Pentapolis and the exarchate <strong>of</strong> Ravenna. In<br />

response, the Byzantines consolidated a more northerly route through<br />

Perugia, the Via Amerina, fortifying the mountain passes along its length. 58<br />

South <strong>of</strong> Rome, the rising Lombard power at Benevento confined<br />

PERUGIA<br />

Spoleto<br />

DUCHY OF<br />

SPOLETO<br />

58 Cf. Schmiedt (1974) 591–604.<br />

15°E<br />

Avars<br />

Rome<br />

DUCHY OF<br />

ROME<br />

Capua<br />

Terracina<br />

Benevento<br />

Naples<br />

DUCHY OF<br />

NAPLES<br />

Palermo<br />

SICILY<br />

DUCHY OF BENEVENTO<br />

Syracuse<br />

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Bari<br />

CALABRIA<br />

B R U T T I U M<br />

C<br />

a<br />

45°N<br />

b<br />

Brindisi<br />

Otranto<br />

40°N<br />

c

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