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Wikipedia: The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe who settled in the valley of the Danube and from there invaded Byzantine Italy in 568 under the leadership of Alboin. They established a Lombard Kingdom, later named Kingdom of Italy, which lasted until 774, when it was conquered by the Franks. Their influence on Italian political geography is apparent in the regional appellation Lombardy.
![[A Lombard shield boss from northern Italy, 7th century]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Langobard_Shield_Boss_7th_Century_s.jpg "A Lombard shield boss from northern Italy, 7th century")
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![[Rule of St. Benedict, written at Monte Cassino in the late 11th century]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Beneventan_s.jpg "Rule of St. Benedict, written at Monte Cassino in the late 11th century")
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![[Coin of Cunipert (688-700), king of the Lombards, minted in Milan.]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Cuninpert_688_700_king_of_the_Lombard_minted_in_Milan.jpg "Coin of Cunipert (688-700), king of the Lombards, minted in Milan.")
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![[The Basilic autariana in Fara Gera d'Adda.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Fara_Gera_d_27Adda3_s.jpg "The Basilic autariana in Fara Gera d'Adda.")
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