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Alboin, the king of the Lombards, was assassinated in Verona in a coup d'état instigated by the Byzantines.
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Alboin
King of the Lombards from c. 560 to 572
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Historical ethnic group of the Italian Peninsula of Germanic origin
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City in Veneto, Italy
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Byzantine Empire
Continuation of the Roman Empire (330–1453)
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