The Lombard Invasion

The Lombard invasion of Byzantine Italy was a pivotal event in Venetian history.

The invasion, and the conquests that followed, led to an increased importance of the lagoon settlements, to a slow demise of Byzantine control in north-east Italy, to the establishment of a semi-independent church in the lagoons, and ultimately to Venetian statehood.

The Lombard invasion, and the subsequent migration of parts of the mainland residents into the lagoons, became a central part of the later Venetian national narrative — the stories they told to explain where they came from and who they were.

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Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/early-venice/the-lombard-invasion/

I wish I had time and energy to draw comics. I have at least three different epic storylines to finish in my lifetime, spinoffs not included. Here are the three heroes of my "600 AD" project, an Early Middle Ages picaresque. Basically I shoehorn some character concepts that I came up with as a teenager into what we currently know about that time period, which isn't much, but it's a fun thought experiment! #characterdesign #historicalfiction #historicalfantasy #HistoricalFashion #earlymiddleages #lateantiquity #600ad #avars #goths #gepids #inkdrawing