Ariulf of Spoleto

Ariulf of Spoleto

Ariulf (died 602) was the second Duke of Spoleto from 592 (the death of Faroald) until his own death. In 592, Ariulf, whose position in Spoleto and control of key points along the Via Flaminia, the main communication between Ravenna and Rome, to cut its alternative, the fortified Via Amerina, and capture several Byzantine cities. He took several strongholds in Latium and threatened Rome, where Gregory the Great, cut off from the exarchate, was forced to make a separate peace with him, to the great dissatisfaction of Romanus (exarch), the exarch of Ravenna, who considered himself the imperial representative in Italy and superior to the popes. Read more on Wikipedia

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