I Longobardi furono tra quei popoli che giunsero in Italia, nel 568 d.C., disseminando parecchie tracce destinate a lasciare un.....
Merovingian period metalwork 6th-8th c.
Lombards/Langobards
This cameo repeats a familiar classical type (see figs. 16, 17), but its energetic angular forms are a shorthand approximation of the earlier conception. Like some other nomadic tribes, the Lombards, or Langobards, the Germanic people whoinvaded northern Italy in the sixth century, prized Greco-Roman gems of earlier times, both preserving stones and displaying them by having them mountedin jewelry
“Between 500 and 1000, successive waves of conquerors—Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Langobards, Franks, and Arabs—capture and recapture strategic cities in the Italian peninsula and Sicily and erect monuments to assert their legitimacy. Because of the many peoples active in the Italian peninsula, art of the period shows the influence of many different styles. The legacy of the Roman empire looms large; while many ancient buildings fall into disrepair, many Roman roads and bridges remain serviceable and monumental art is everywhere in evidence. Italian builders quarry Roman sites for precious marbles, and Italian painters and sculptors refashion motifs from Roman art.”
Description With the conclusion of the previous part regarding the ancient Germanic people that concluded with the Marcomannic wars, this series will now move on to the era which defined the future of the Roman Empire and the creation of the medieval state of Europe, the Migration Period better known in German as the "Völkerwanderung" This part will aim to portray what caused these Germanic tribes to migrate and how they formed into the permanent federation of tribes we know today, like the Goths (Ostrogoths and Visigots) and the Vandals. Other settled tribes such as the Franks, Allemanis and Langobards will also be explored, in addition to the Saxons as well as the Scandinavian Germanic tribes. The later part of the series will move to the early middle ages where the once Germanic tribes have now transformed into early feudal christian kingdoms, that laid the foundation of the medieval states we know today If you have any suggestions or tips, please feel free to let me know Created as part of Gambargin's Monthly Historical Sketch Series that aims to portray various cultures across the globe in the context of history, as a spin-off from the Historically Wrong Sketch Series Part 9: The Migration of The Early Germanic People Part 7: Roman - Marcomannic Wars (166 AD - 180 AD)
