- Origins from northern Germany
- Possible lineage Winnili tribe or Suebian people
- Migrated south to modern-day Austria, Slovakia and Hungary
- Fought the Heruls and Gepids
- Conquered most of northern and central Italy (6th century AD)
- Kingdom of the Lombards (568 - 774 AD)
- Conquered by Charlemagne and the Franks (774 AD)