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unusual facts about Exarchate of Ravenna



Liutprand, King of the Lombards

Having just overwhelmed the Byzantine forces, though it was left to his heirs to make the final vestige of the Exarchate of Ravenna Lombard at last, Liutprand advanced towards Rome along the Via Cassia; he was met at the ancient city of Sutri by Pope Gregory II (728).

Ravenna papyri

They are an important source for legal procedure in Late Antiquity and in the Exarchate of Ravenna.


see also

Patrimonium Sancti Petri

Pepin received his guest at Ponthion, and promised to do all in his power to recover the Exarchate of Ravenna and the other districts seized by Aistulf.