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The 13 pages that link to Lombard invasion of Italy, each with the reason it gives.

• Gothic War (535–554)Related: The invasion followed soon after the war had exhausted Italy’s defenses and resources.

• NarsesRelated: It followed Narses’s reconquest and exposed the limits of Byzantine control.

• Byzantine ItalyRelated: It rapidly separated Byzantine enclaves and weakened imperial control of the peninsula.

• Exarchate of RavennaRelated: The invasion made defense and fragmented rule central to the exarchate’s existence.

• TotilaRelated: The invasion followed the devastating Gothic War and renewed Italy’s fragmentation.

• Battle of Mons LactariusRelated: The invasion followed the Byzantine victory by fifteen years and renewed the struggle for Italy.

• Battle of TaginaeRelated: It followed Byzantine victory but exposed how fragile imperial control of Italy remained.

• Pope Gregory IIRelated: The invasion created the enduring political pressure behind Gregory’s dealings with Lombard rulers.

• Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynastyRelated: The invasion exposed how fragile Justinian’s territorial recovery proved after his death.

• Byzantine PapacyRelated: Lombard expansion weakened Byzantine control and increased Rome’s political isolation.

• Duchy of SpoletoRelated: The invasion created the political setting in which Spoleto became a Lombard duchy.