Chapter XLV: State Of Italy Under The Lombards.—Part I. Part II. Part III

Reign Of The Younger Justin.—Embassy Of The Avars.—Their
Settlement On The Danube.—Conquest Of Italy By The
Lombards.—Adoption And Reign Of Tiberius.—Of Maurice.—
State Of Italy Under The Lombards And The Exarchs.—Of
Ravenna.—Distress Of Rome.—Character And Pontificate Of
Gregory The First.