Stelle Et habitaverunt Langobardi in Panno...; (Origo Gentis Langobardorum (640 - 680), MGH, Scriptores rer. Lang. et Ital., 1, 1878 (L. Bethmann & G. Waitz), p. 4) [5593]

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Text Origo Gentis Langobardorum (640 - 680) Anonymous - Other
Quotation Et habitaverunt Langobardi in Pannonia annis quadraginta duo. Ipse Albuin adduxit Langobardos in Italia, invitatos a Narsete scribarum; et movit Albuin rex Langobardorum de Pannonia mense April a pascha indictione prima. Secunda vero idictione coeperunt praedare in Italia. Tertia autuem indictione factus est dominus Italiae.
Translation And the Langobards dwelt forty-two years in Pannonia. This Albuin led into Italy the Langobards who were invited by Narses (chief) of the secretaries. And Albuin, king of the Langobards, moved out of Pannonia in the month of April after Easter in the first indiction. In the second indiction, indeed, they began to plunder Italy, But in the third indiction he became master of Italy. (W.D. Foukes, trans., E. Peters, ed., Origo gentis langobardorum (1974), pp. 318-19)
Summary Here the Origo recounts the Langobard migration into and invasion of Italy under their king, Alboin, and details the conquest and settlement over a span of three years.
Quotation source MGH, Scriptores rer. Lang. et Ital., 1, 1878 (L. Bethmann & G. Waitz), p. 4
Temporal Coverage 568 - 572
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