Faroald I (also spelled Faruald) (died 591 or 592) was the first duke of Spoleto from about 570. He led the Lombards into the centre of the Italian peninsula while Zotto led them into the south. Events Ethelbert of Kent elected Bretwalda after Ceawlin of Wessex, the former Bretwalda, is deposed. ... Events After the great slaughter at Woddesbeorg, Ceawlin is deposed as both king of Wessex and Bretwalda. ... The independent Duchy of Spoleto in southern Italy was a Lombard territory founded about 570 by the Lombard dux Faroald. ... This limestone statue of a Boddhisattva was probably created in the Henan province of China around 570, in the Northern Qi Dynasty. ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe that entered the late Roman Empire. ... Zotto (also Zotton or Zottone) was the military leader (Latin dux) of the Lombards in the Mezzogiorno. ...

In 579, he sacked Classis, the harbour of Ravenna. Between 584 and 588, Classis was retaken by Droctulf. Events End of the Northern Qi Dynasty in China. ... Ravenna is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. ... Events The Visigoths conquer the Suevi kingdom in Spain. ... Events The Lombards are converted to Catholic Christianity. ...

His sons fought over the duchy in 602 and Theudelapius was victorious. Events Phocas kills Byzantine Emperor Maurice I and makes himself emperor Beginning of a series of wars between the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanids Births Muawiyah, founder of the Umayyad Dynasty of caliphs (approximate date) Xuanzang, famous Chinese Buddhist monk. ...

Sources

• Paul the Deacon. Historia Langobardorum. Available at Northvegr.