- a
Lombard official in
charge of some
portion of the
royal demesne (a
gastaldate,
gastaldia or castaldia) with civil, martial, and
judicial powers. By...
- apogee,
occupying most of the
Terra di
Lavoro area. It was
originally a
gastaldate, then a county,
within the prin****lity of Salerno. Old
Capua was an ancient...
- the Saracens. In 960
Atenulf succeeded in
attaching Pontecorvo to his
gastaldate of Aquino; at his
death his
lands were
divided into a
county of Aquino...
- suzerainty. In 847 a
large Muslim force seized Bari,
until then a
Lombard gastaldate under the
control of Pandenulf.
Saracen incursions proceeded northwards...
-
suffered destruction by Barbarians, but
never ceased to be an
important gastaldate during the
Lombard domination, as part of the
Duchy of Spoleto. Under...
- of the city
dates however from the 10th century, when it was a
Lombard gastaldate.
After the
Norman conquest of
southern Italy, it was
given to a nephew...
-
Avars and
sought refuge with the Lombards.
Bojano became a seat of a
gastaldate. The
Bulgars also
settled in
nearby Sepino and Isernia. Paul the Deacon...
-
about the town
dates to 849, when it was a
Lombard county included in the
gastaldate of Salerno.
Later (9th
century - late 10th century) it was an
Arabic stronghold...
-
although later this role was
moved to Acerenza. The
Lombards made it a
gastaldate in 570/590. In 842
Venosa was
sacked by the Saracens, who were
later ousted...
- not
unusual in
northern Italy at the time.[citation needed] The
Lombard gastaldate of
Marsi in the
territory of the
dukes of
Spoleto was
erected as a county...
