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Zaban was the
Lombard dux (or duke) of
Pavia (Ticinum) during the decade-long interregnum known as the
Rule of the Dukes (
574 –
584). Pavia had been the capital of the Lombard kingdom, but after the death of King
Cleph, it became the centre of a great duchy, one of thirty five into which the Lombard state was then divided. It seems that, as the ruler of the ancient capital, Zaban held a certain superiority of rank over his fellow
duces and may have acted as their commander-in-chief.
In 574, Zaban invaded the lands of
Guntram,
King of Burgundy, in what is today
Switzerland, but was repulsed and had to return to Italy.
In
575, Zaban and his fellow dukes
Amo and
Rodanus invaded the valleys of the
Rhône and
Saône. Amo passing by
Embrun encamped near
Manosque, a city of
Mummolus, the Gallo-Roman general of Burgundy. Rodanus besieged
Grenoble and Zaban passing down the valley of the
Durance by
Die, laid siege to
Valence. Amo successfully subdued the regions of
Arles and
Marseilles, while Mummolus rescued the city of Grenoble and sent Rodanus and his army of 500 to the protection of Zaban's forces. The two then marched on Embrun, plundered it, and met an army of Mummolus'. Defeated, they retreated back to
Susa, in Italy, which was a
Byzantine possession of the
magister militum, Sisinnius. Mummolus invaded Italy and forced Zaban and Rodanus to return to their own duchies, while Amo had to abandon his booty while crossing the
Alps. Guntram's kingdom was extended at the expense of the Lombard to include the cisalpine cities of
Aosta and Susa. The Lombards hereafter ceased their Gaulish invasions.
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