Farfa and the fall of the Lombard kingdom (773-74)
Within the Lombard kingdom he was considered a lawgiver of irreproachable Catholicity.
He also reestablished Arianism in the Lombard kingdom.
After the destruction of the Lombard kingdom by Charlemagne, it became a county first, and then a march.
The Lombard kingdom reached its height in the 7th and 8th century.
In the 6th century it became part of the Lombard kingdom of northern Italy.
In 774, Charlemagne of the Franks invaded and conquered the Lombard kingdom.
In this period the Lombard kingdom revived under the leadership of King Liutprand.
It was an important buffer between the Lombard kingdom of Italy and the Slavs.
The Lombard kingdom ended and a period of Frankish rule was initiated.