Rothari (c. 606–652) was duke of Brescia, and king of the Lombards from 636 to 652. He was an Arian and very active militarily against the Exarchate.
The invasion of the Lombards in 568 was only the first part of the Lombard conquest of the Byzantine province of Venetia.
A list of some of the main events of the Lombard conquest of Byzantine Venetia and other parts of Italy.
The Kingdom of the Lombards played a major role in early Venetian history, as it was the Lombard invasion of Italy in 568 which started the formation of later Venice.