
Byzantine Italy consisted of various parts of theItalian peninsula that were under the control of theByzantine Empire since theGothic War (535–554), and up to the end of the 11th century, with a brief attempt of Byzantine reconquest in the middle of the 12th century.[1]
Chronologically, it refers to:

Several states avoided conquest by theLombards orFranks and maintained nominal Byzantine allegiance even after the Byzantine presence in Italy came to an end:
Likewise, the island ofSardinia maintained Byzantine allegiance in this period:
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