Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 45.186, 9.157 · 7 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 69 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | Valens, trying to suppress a crowd tumult, is ambushed at Ticinum |
| AD 539 | Procopius, History of the Wars | Theudebert of the Franks, judging that both Goths and Romans were exhausted, intervened in Italy and invaded. |
| AD 541 | Procopius, History of the Wars | Eraric, of the Rugian people, held great power among the Goths. |
| AD 755 | Royal Frankish Annals | Lombard king Aistulf cannot resist and is besieged by Pippin at Pavia; the siege is lifted only after he gives 40 hostages |
| AD 756 | Royal Frankish Annals | When Aistulf breaks his promise, Pippin again enters Italy, besieges him in Pavia where he is shut up, and forces him to comply; he hands Ravenna, Pentapolis and the exarchate over to Saint Peter |
| AD 773 | Royal Frankish Annals | Dividing his army in two: his uncle Bernard enters Italy by the Mons Jovis (Great St Bernard) while Charles himself crosses the Alps by the Mons Cenisius (Mont Cenis). King Desiderius, unable to resist, is made to flee and is shut up in Ticinum (Pavia), besieged through the winter |
| AD 780 | Royal Frankish Annals | Resolved on a pilgrimage to Rome, Charles goes to Italy with his wife and children and spends Christmas at Ticinum |