Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Madzishe eSpoleto akarwa hondo dzisingaperi neByzantine Exarchate yeRavenna, uye matunhu eSpoleto akachinja-chinja nehupfumi hwenguva dzakapfuura muUmbria, Lazio, Marche neAbruzzi. Kunyange zvazvo risina kumbobvira rava rinokosha seDuchy yeBenevento, Spoleto ine nzvimbo isingazivikanwi munhau yeLombard. Mutongi wayo wechipiri Ariulf akaita nzendo dzenguva dzose dzokurwisa vaByzantine (muna 579<unk>592 vachirwisa Ravenna uye muna 592 vachirwisa Roma). Ariulf akatsiviwa naTheudelapius, mwanakomana waFaroald, uyo Catholic Encyclopedia inorumbidza nokuvaka kwokutanga kwechechi huru yeSpoleto. Ipapo kwakauya Atto (653), Thrasimund I (663), uye Faroald II (703), uyo akatonga pamwe chete nomunun'una wake Wachilap. Faroald II akatora Classis, chiteshi chengarava cheRavenna, maererano nePaul the Deacon's History of the Lombards: "Panguva iyoyowo Faroald, dux wokutanga weSpoletans, achipinda muClassis neuto reLombards, akasiya guta rakapfuma rakapambwa uye risina pfuma yaro yose". Iye akabva asungirwa naLiutprand, Mambo weLombards kuti adzorere, chiyero chekudzora kwakasununguka kwehurumende yeLombard iyo Liutprand yakanga yakabatikana mukusunga, zvirinani sezvo Paul akadudzira zviitiko zvevatsigiri vake veFrank. PaSpoleto Faroald akabviswa pachigaro nemwanakomana wake Transemund II (724), uyo akapandukirawo Liutprand ndokuumba mubatanidzwa naPapa Gregory III, uyo akamudzivirira muRoma muna 738. Ilderic, uyo akanga amutsiva saDuke, akaurayiwa naTransemund muna 740, asi muna 742 Transemund akamanikidzwa kuenda kumamongi naLiutprand, uyo akapa chigaro chaDuke chaakanga awanazve nesimba rezvombo kuna Agiprand (742). Panguva yokufa kwaLiutprand (744), Spoleto yakanga yava kudzorwa zvikuru nePavia, uye Theodicus akabudirira nenzira yorugare. Vatongi vatatu vomuzana ramakore rechi 8 vaiva Madzimambo avaLombard, chiratidzo chokuti panguva iyoyo Spoleto akanga akabatanidzwa zvikuru noumambo kupfuura zvakanga zvakaita Benevento.  Mubvunzo: Spoleto iri kupi?
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