Alduin, Auduin, or Audoin was king of the Lombards from 546 to 565. The Lombards ( Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from Events By Place Byzantine Empire December 17 — The Ostrogoths under Totila retake Rome, bribing Events By Place Byzantine Empire November 14 — Justin II succeeds Justinian I as Emperor The Lombards became, under him, a fœderatus of the Byzantines (541), signing a treaty with Justinian I which gave them power in Pannonia and the north. Foederatus (pl foederati) is a Latin term whose definition and usage drifted in the time between the early Roman Republic and the Events By Place Byzantine Empire January 1 — Anicius Faustus Albinus Basilius is appointed as Consul in Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus ( Greek: Φλάβιος Πέτρος Σαββάτιος Ιουστινιανός; known in English as Justinian I or Pannonia is an ancient province of the Roman Empire bounded north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, Beginning in 551, he was obliged to send troops to serve Narses in Italy against the Ostrogoths. Events By Place Byzantine Empire Beirut is destroyed by an Earthquake and Tsunami. For other historical figures with similar names see Narses (disambiguation. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Ostrogoths (Ostrogothi or Austrogothi were a branch of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe that played a major role in the political events of the late The next year (552), he sent over 5,000 men to defeat the Goths on the sides of Vesuvius. Events By Place Europe Battle of Asfeld: Longobards under king Audoin defeat the Gepids. Mount Vesuvius (in Italian Monte Vesuvio and in Latin Mons Vesuvius) is an active Stratovolcano east of Naples He died in 563 or 565 and was succeeded by his son, Alboin, who brought the Lombards into Italia. Alboin or Alboïn (died 572 or 573 was king of the Lombards, and conqueror of Italy.

He married Rodelindis, the daughter of Amalaberga and Hermanfrid, king of the Thuringii. Amalaberga was the daughter of Amalafrida, daughter of Theodemir, king of the Ostrogoths. Hermanfrid (also Hermanifrid or Hermanafrid; Latin: Hermenfredus) was the last independent king of the Thuringii. The Thuringii or Toringi were a Germanic tribe which appeared late during the Völkerwanderung in the Harz Mountains of central