662 Grimwald, duke of Benevento, usurps the throne. He completes conversion of the Lombards.
671 Perctarit reinstated.
686 Death of Perctarit. His son Cunincbert succeeds.
700 Liutbert succeeds. Is dethroned by 701 Raginbert. Aribert II also king the same year.
712 Ansprand defeats Aribert in battle and takes throne. Death of Ansprand. Liutprand, his son, succeeds. Liutprand is a great prince and sets out to complete the subjugation of Italy, but succeeds only in breaking up the independence of the two southern duchies of Spoleto and Benevento.
726 On account of iconoclastic controversy, Gregory II allies himself with Liutprand and throws off allegiance to the Byzantine Empire. The autonomy of Rome is established.
728 Liutprand captures Classis near Ravenna, but the exarch Eutychius retakes it the following year. The pope appeals to Charles Martel for aid against the Lombards in vain.
744 Liutprand’s nephew Hildebrand succeeds on his death, but is shortly deposed and Ratchis made king. He continues Liutprand’s plan of conquest but is also deposed, 749 and enters a monastery. His brother Aistulf succeeds.
751 Aistulf captures Ravenna. The Byzantine Empire loses all possessions in central Italy. Pepin, Austrasian mayor of the palace, responds to the continued appeals of the pope for assistance against the Lombards.
753 Pepin forces Aistulf to sue for peace.