The first few years of the administration …
Years: 601 - 601
The first few years of the administration of Callinicus had been marked by relatively good fortune.
In 598, an armistice between Constantinople and the Lombards had been concluded in which the Lombards had been acknowledged as sovereign rulers of the lands in their possession, and which has been observed by both parties over the following years.
However, around 601, Callinicus takes advantage of a rebellion by the duces of Tridentum and Forum Julii and breaks the peace by kidnapping the Lombard king Agilulf's daughter and her husband from Parma.
In response, …
Locations
People
Groups
- Lombards (West Germanic tribe)
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Justinian dynasty
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Rome, Duchy of
- Lombards (Italy), Kingdom of the
- Ravenna, Exarchate of
