Ariulf

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Ariulf was from 591/592 to 601 dux of the Lombard duchy of Spoleto .

Life

Ariulf was appointed dux after the death of his predecessor Faroald I and undertook several campaigns against the Byzantines , including against Ravenna.

In the years 591 to 592 he fought against the city of Rome and defeated the Romans at Camerinum. Although he was a pagan himself, he attributed this victory to the bishop and martyr Sabinus, whose grave was in Spoleto. He extended his ducat westwards to the Tiber while his ally Arichis I of Benevento oppressed Naples Pope Gregory concluded a separate peace with the Lombards. The Byzantine exarch Romanus , not included in this peace, undertook a campaign (592-593) in which he found the places Sutrium (Sutri), Polimartium (Bomarzo), Hortas (places), Tuder (Todi), Ameria (Amelia), Perusia (Perugia), Luceolis (Cantiano) u. a. recaptured. Now King Agilulf also intervened. He conquered Perugia and marched towards Rome, but then withdrew for reasons unknown. Pope Gregory tried again to broker a peace treaty between Agilulf on the one hand, Emperor Maurikios and the exarch Romanus on the other.

In June 595 Ariulf began peace negotiations with Pope Gregory the Great , which, after the death of Romanus in October 598, came to a conclusion that no further steps would be taken against him and his ally Arichis I, the Duke of Benevento .

With this peace treaty, the Pope risked the disfavour of Emperor Maurikios because he arbitrarily negotiated a partial withdrawal of the Lombards and accepted their demand for an annual tribute of 500 gold pounds. The contract was limited to one year, but was extended for another.

After Ariulf's death around 601 there were succession disputes between two sons of his predecessor Faroald I in which Theudelapius was able to prevail.

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literature

  • Wilfried Menghin : The Lombards. Archeology and history . Theiss-Verlag, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-8062-0364-4 ( Anzeiger des Germanisches Nationalmuseums Scientific Supplements 4).
  • Jörg Jarnut : History of the Longobards. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 1982, ISBN 3-17-007515-2 ( Kohlhammer-Urban-Taschenbücher 339), ( Storia dei Longobardi. Einaudi, Torino 1995, ISBN 88-06-13658-5 ( Piccola biblioteca Einaudi 623 Geografia, storia ) ).

Web links

Wikisource: Historia Langobardorum  - Sources and full texts (Latin)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum IV, 16
  2. ^ Archdiocese of Spoleto, Catholic Encyclopedia
  3. ↑ a b c Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire , Vol. 3 pp. 119-120
  4. ↑ Hartmann: History of Italy in the Middle Ages, Vol. II, 1, p. 102f
  5. ^ Felix Dahn :  Agilulf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, pp. 706-709.
  6. ↑ Historia Langobardorum IV, 8
  7. ↑ Historia Langobardorum IV, 12
  8. ^ Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum IV, 8 and History of the Langobards, Book IV Chapt. 8 Footnote 4 ( Memento of May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Paulus Diaconus, Translated by William Dudley Foulke, LL.D., Published 1907 by the University of Pennsylvania
  9. ↑ Hartmann: History of Italy in the Middle Ages, Vol. II, 1, p. 115
predecessor Office successor
Faroald I. Duke of Spoleto
591/592-around 601 		Theudelapius
personal data
SURNAME Ariulf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke, dux of Spoleto
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century
DATE OF DEATH at 601