. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. also later alliances, is the plan ofTheudebert to overthrow the Byzantine Empireby the help of the Lombards and Gepids duringthe war in Italy, against Totila. A third wife of Wacho was Salinga, whobore him a son, Waltari. The latter reignedafter his fathers death, according to the Originfor seven years, but as he was a minor he wasunder the guardianship of a Lombard of noble birth named Audoin, whoafterwards succeeded him a
. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. also later alliances, is the plan ofTheudebert to overthrow the Byzantine Empireby the help of the Lombards and Gepids duringthe war in Italy, against Totila. A third wife of Wacho was Salinga, whobore him a son, Waltari. The latter reignedafter his fathers death, according to the Originfor seven years, but as he was a minor he wasunder the guardianship of a Lombard of noble birth named Audoin, whoafterwards succeeded him as king. Shortly after the accession of Audoin,the Lombards passed over into Pannonia, which had been given to them by theemperor Justinian, who had first taken it from the Goths, as Procopius cannot have been a voluntary cession. Justinian had to evacuate the coun-try because he was no longer in a position to protect it against the Lombardinvasion. By the sums of money he gave to the Lombards he doubtless hopedto buy peace for the sorely tried provinces, just as the Gepids and others hadbeen restrained from devastating the Roman province by gifts of A Lombard KiNa 432 THE HISTORY OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE [548 ] Not long after the occupation of Pannonia — according to Procopiusapparently in 548 — war broke out between the Gepids and Lombards. Theincitements of the emperor Justinian may be considered as the chief motive;it was in his interest to destroy the friendship of the two peoples who threat-ened to become dangerous to the empire. The ever increasing desire of theLombards to gain possession of the important town of Sirmium in lowerPannonia which was occupied by the Gepids, and above all, the hostile feel-ings which had been raised between the two peoples by disputes at theLombard court concerning the succession (disputes which began in Wachostime) came to his assistance. We are informed as to these interesting proceedings by Procopius andthe Origin. Pr
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