Italy at the time of Agilulf.

Agilulf, called the Thuringian, was the duke of Turin and king of the Lombards (590 – 616) in Italy, the cousin of his predecessor Authari and husband of his widow. The Lombards ( Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from Events By Place Byzantine Empire Summer - Maurice agrees to Khosrau's entreaties and agrees to restart the war with Persia Events By Place Europe Eadbald succeeds Ethelbert as king of Kent. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Authari (c 540 &ndash 5 September 590, Pavia) also known as Agilolf was king of the Lombards from 584 to his death Son of the Duke Ansvald of Turin, he was raised on the shield by the warriors in Milan in May 591, on the advice, sought by the Lombard council, of the Catholic queen Theodelinda, whom he soon married himself. A shield is a protective device meant to intercept attacks The term often refers to a device that is held in the hand as opposed to Armour or a Bullet proof vest Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Events By Place Europe Agilulf marries Theodelinda and becomes king of the Lombards. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". Theodelinda, queen of the Lombards, (c 570 - 628 was the daughter of duke Garibald I of Bavaria.

He was baptised to appease his wife and his nation followed suit, though they adopted the Arian denomination, not the Roman faith. In Christianity, baptism ( Greek, "immersing" "performing Ablutions " is the ritual act with the use of water by which one is admitted In 603, under the influence of his wife, he abandoned Arianism for Catholicism, and had his son Adaloald baptised. Events By Place Europe Battle of Degsastan: Æthelfrith of Bernicia defeats Áedán mac Gabráin of Adaloald (602 &ndash 626 was the Lombard king of Italy from 616 to 626 He and his wife built and endowed the Basilica of Monza, where the Iron Crown of Lombardy is still preserved and where Agilulf's crown, dedicated to St John, exists, bearing the incription rex totius Italiae, meaning "king of all Italy", as Agilulf evidently saw himself. The Latin word basilica (derived from Greek, Basiliké Stoà, Royal Stoa) was originally used to describe a Roman Monza ( Munscia in Western Lombard) is a city on the river Lambro, a tributary of the Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy The Iron Crown of Lombardy ( Corona Ferrea) is both a reliquary and one of the most ancient royal insignia of Europe

His long reign was marked by the cessation of war with Francia, whose chief peacemaker Guntram, king of Burgundy, had died in 592. Francia or Frankia, later also called the Frankish Empire (imperium Francorum Frankish Kingdom (Latin regnum Francorum, "Kingdom of the Saint Guntram (c 532 – 592 (also called Gontram, Gontran, Gunthram, or Gunthchramn) was the king of Burgundy from 561 to 592 The following is a list of the Kings of Burgundy. Kings of the Burgundians The Burgundians had left Bornholm c Events By Place Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire regains Singidunum from the Avars. Without him, the Franks descended into civil war which prevented a united assault on Lombardy throughout Agilulf's rule. A truce with the Papacy negotiated in 598 temporarily ended thirty years of Lombard terror in the Ducatus Romanus and he spent most of his warmaking energies on the Byzantine threat. History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and Events Battle of Catraeth at Catterick North Yorkshire: The Celtic British (Brythonic people defeat the Anglo-Saxon Bernicians (approximate Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 In that year, he consolidated Lombard power, extending the dominion of his kingdom by taking Sutri and Perugia among other Umbrian cities from the exarchate of Ravenna, while maintaining good relations with the Bavarians. Sutri is a town in the Province of Viterbo, about 50 km from Rome. Perugia is the capital City of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river and the capital of the Province of Perugia Umbria is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. The capital is Perugia. The Exarchate of Ravenna or of Italy was a centre of Byzantine power in Italy, from the end of the 6th century to 751, when the Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 He fought the Avars and Slavs, and entered a truce with the Byzantine emperor Maurice in 598 with the aid of Pope Gregory the Great. The Caucasian Avars are a modern people of Caucasus, mainly of Dagestan. Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (Φλάβιος Μαυρίκιος Τιβέριος Αύγουστος Մավրիկ Mavrig; 539 &ndash November 27 History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and The next year, Exarch Callinicus broke the truce by kidnapping the travelling daughter of the Lombard king. Callinicus or Kallinikos ( Καλλίνικος in Greek) was the Exarch of Ravenna (597 &ndash 602 or 603 War erupted and, in 602, the Byzantine emperor Phocas lost Padua, which Authari had cut off from Ravenna a decade prior. Events By Place Byzantine Empire Maurice, at war with the Avars and always dealing with the lack of money decrees that the army should This is a list of the Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians Flavius Phocas Augustus, (el Φωκάς Phokas; reigned 602–610 called the Tyrant, usurped the Byzantine throne from the Emperor Maurice Padua ( Padova 'padova Latin: Patavium, Padoa) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. The loss of Padua in turn cut off Mantua and, before the year was out, that city too fell to Agilulf. Mantua (Màntova in the local dialect of Lombard language Mantua is a city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the

In 607, Witteric, king of the Visigoths, initiated a quadruple alliance against Theuderic II of Burgundy involving Theudebert II of Austrasia, Clotaire II of Neustria, and Agilulf. Events By Place Europe Ceolwulf of Wessex fights the South Saxons. Witteric (in Spanish Witerico, in Portuguese Viterico) was Visigothic King of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula The Visigoths (Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, or Wisi were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Theuderic II (also Theuderich, Theoderic, or Theodoric; in French, Thierry) (587-613 king of Burgundy (595-613 and Theudebert II ( French: Thibert or Théodebert; 586 &ndash 612 King of Austrasia (595 &ndash 612 AD) was the son and Heir Austrasia (rarely Austria, both meaning "eastern land" formed the north-eastern portion of the Kingdom of the Merovingian Franks, comprising Chlothar II (or Chlotar, Clothar, Clotaire, Chlotochar, or Hlothar, giving rise to Lothair; 584 &ndash 629 called The territory of Neustria or Neustrasia, meaning "new land" originated in 511 made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the English Channel, Theuderic's grandmother and sister had murdered Theuderic's wife, the daughter of Witteric. The alliance does not seem to have had success. Nothing of any actual combat is known except that it took place, probably around Narbonne. Narbonne ( Narbona in Catalan and in Occitan, the Roman Narbo) is a commune in southwestern France in the

In 605, he was recognized by the emperor Phocas, who paid a tribute and ceded Orvieto among other towns. For the car see Peugeot 605. Events By Place Asia As a result of a quarrel between Numan III the Lakhmid Orvieto is a city in southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of The Persian Wars drew Byzantine attention to the Orient and gave respite to Agilulf's final decade on the throne. He had to put down some insurrections and the Avars did not decist from invading Friuli, where they slew its duke, Gisulf, in 610. Friuli ( Friulian: This article is about the year 610. Events By Place Byzantine Empire October 4 — Heraclius arrives Otherwise, his reign ended peacefully and he died in 616, after reigning for more than a quarter of a century. Events By Place Europe Eadbald succeeds Ethelbert as king of Kent. He was succeeded by Adaloald, his son by Theodelinda, who was still an adolescent, though he had been associated with the throne. He had a daughter Gundiberga who married Arioald who later became king. Arioald was the Lombard king of Italy from 626 to 636. Duke of Turin, he married the princess Gundiberga, daughter of King

The Triumph of Agilulf, National Museum, Florence.