The locals may have been incited to this alliance against Liutprand by the exarch, Eutychius, who may have had a deal with the duke of Spoleto, Transamund II.
De lokale kan være blev opildnet til denne alliance mod Liutprand af exarken Eutychius, som kan have indgået en aftale med hertugen af Spoleto, Transamund 2..