Authari’s first major test is the quashing …
Years: 585 - 585
Authari’s first major test is the quashing of the rebel duke Droctulf of Brescello, who has allied with the Romans and is ruling the Po valley.
After expelling him, Authari will spends most of the rest of his six years on the throne fighting Smaragdus, the exarch of Ravenna, or the Merovingian kings.
Locations
People
Groups
- Franks
- Lombards (West Germanic tribe)
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Paris, Frankish Kingdom of
- Orléans (eventually Burgundy), Frankish Kingdom of
- Soissons (eventually Neustria), Frankish Kingdom of
- Reims and Metz (eventually Austrasia), Frankish Kingdom of
- Lombards (Italy), Kingdom of the
- Ravenna, Exarchate of
