The Avars and Lombards were major actors on the Frankish horizon in the early Middle Ages. Charlemagne’s campaigns destroyed the Avar power and subdued the Lombard kingdom in Italy (774), expanding Carolingian rule.
The Avars and Lombards were major actors on the Frankish horizon in the early Middle Ages. Charlemagne’s campaigns destroyed the Avar power and subdued the Lombard kingdom in Italy (774), expanding Carolingian rule.