Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Dukes na Spoleto sun yi yaƙi da rikice-rikice tare da Byzantine Exarchate na Ravenna, kuma yankunan Spoleto sun canza tare da sa'a na lokuta a kan yawancin Umbria, Lazio, Marche da Abruzzi. Duk da haka, Spoleto ba ta da mahimmanci kamar Duchy na Benevento, yana da wuri mai ban mamaki a cikin tarihin Lombard. Duke Ariulf na biyu ya yi balaguro da yawa a kan Byzantines (a cikin 579<unk>592 a kan Ravenna da kuma a cikin 592 a kan Roma). Theudelapius, ɗan Faroald ne ya gaji Ariulf, wanda Catholic Encyclopedia ya ba da daraja ga ginin farko na babban cocin Spoleto. Sai Atto (653), Thrasimund I (663), da Faroald II (703), waɗanda suka yi sarauta tare da ɗan'uwansa Wachilap. Faroald II ya kama Classis, tashar jiragen ruwa na Ravenna, a cewar Paul the Deacon's History of the Lombards: "A wannan lokacin kuma Faroald, dux na farko na Spoletans, ya mamaye Classis tare da rundunar Lombards, ya bar birni mai wadata da aka sace da kuma tsirara duk dukiyarsa". Daga nan sai Liutprand, Sarkin Lombards ya tilasta masa ya maido da shi, wani ma'auni na sassaucin ikon tsakiya na mulkin Lombard wanda Liutprand ya shagaltar da shi, aƙalla kamar yadda Bulus ya fassara abubuwan da suka faru ga masu goyon bayan Frankish. A Spoleto, dansa Transemund II (724) ya sauke Faroald, wanda shi ma ya yi tawaye da Liutprand kuma ya yi kawance da Paparoma Gregory III, wanda ya ba shi mafaka a Roma a 738. Ilderic, wanda ya maye gurbinsa a matsayin duke, Transemund ya kashe shi a cikin 740, amma a cikin 742 Transemund ya yi ritaya da karfi zuwa wani gidan sufi na Liutprand, wanda ya ba da dukar da ya sake dawowa da karfi na makamai a kan Agiprand (742). A lokacin mutuwar Liutprand (744), Spoleto ya fi aminci a cikin kulawa ta tsakiya daga Pavia, kuma Theodicus ya yi nasara cikin lumana. Dukkanin sarakuna uku na karni na 8 sune Sarakunan Lombards, alamar cewa a wannan lokacin Spoleto ya kasance yana da alaƙa da masarautar fiye da Benevento.  Tambaya: Wanene ya yi iƙirarin cewa Faroald II ya yi wa Classis kwanton bauna?
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