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..., the city was conquered by the [[Burgundians]], the [[Ostrogoth]]s, the [[Byzantines]]. The [[Lombard]], who had annexed it to their [[Italian Kingdom]], were e

In the [[Gothic Wars (6th century)|Gothic Wars]] it was besieged by the Byzantines and the Goths, and later suffered from the raids of [[Rotharicas]], King of

...kingdom, surviving well into the [[12th century]]. The [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] managed to retain control of the area of Ravenna and Rome, linked by a th ...e duchies, deprived the kingdom of its unity, making it weak even with the Byzantines when they partly recovered after the initial disaster, and even more so whe

...mpania during the 11th and 12th centuries, seizing southern Italy from the Byzantines, forming the [[Kingdom of Sicily]]. After the [[Hohenstaufen]] confrontatio

...r centuries. In 534 the small Vandal forces surrendered immediately to the Byzantines when news of the Vandal collapse; thenceforth the island was part of the [[ ...four ''partes'' depending from Caralis grow increasingly independent, the Byzantines being totally cut off from the Tyrrhenian Sea by the Muslim conquest of Sic

...d by the [[Byzantine empire|Byzantine]] emperor [[Justinian I]]. Under the Byzantines, the imperial representative was a judge who governed from the southern cit ...ng Sardinia. Especially after the conquering of [[Sicily]] in [[832]], the Byzantines were unable to effectively defend their most distant province, and the prov

...a campaign in southern Italy to drive them out and reduce the power of the Byzantines, but was [[battle of Crotone|defeated]] by a [[Kalbids|Kalbid]] army near C

...y the [[Goths]], the [[Lombards]] and, from the 6th century onwards, the [[Byzantines]]. Bari became the capital of a province that extended to modern Basilicat

...ly]] completely subjugated the Lombard principalities, and overwhelmed the Byzantines from all but [[Naples]], which ultimately gave in to [[Roger II]] in 1127.

...ly in the following years, Naples remained loyal to the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]].

In the [[9th century]], Sicily was divided into two prefectures by the Byzantines. The two prefects went to war with each other, and Euphimius, the winner, d

...goths]], being ultimately absorbed into the [[Eastern Roman Empire]]. The Byzantines gave the island over to Naples in [[588]] and by [[661]] it was being admin

...th many other cities by the Lombard [[King Liutprand]] but returned to the Byzantines about 735. [[Pippin the Younger|King Pepin]] gave it to the Holy See, but d

In 568 or 569 Brescia was occupied from [[Byzantines]] by the [[Lombards]], who made it the capital of one of their semi-indepen

...the [[Ostrogoths]]. After the [[Gothic War (5th century)|Gothic War]], the Byzantines made it the seat of their vicar. The [[Lombards]] submitted it in 643. In

...e advent first of the [[Lombards]], then of the [[Normans]]. Moreover, the Byzantines found in southern Italy people of common cultural root, the Greek-speaking

...eat]] by supplying numerous ships in his military expedition against the [[Byzantines]] of [[Ravenna]]: Pisa was the sole Byzantine centre of [[Toscana|Tuscia]]

...onquered the island and introduced lavish dishes based on [[goose]]. The [[Byzantines]] introduced sweet and sour flavors while during the 10th and 11th centurie