Editing Emilia-Romagna (section)

===Early origins===
[[Image:Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna.JPG|thumb|[[Mausoleum of Galla Placidia]], early Christian Monuments of [[Ravenna]]]]
The history of Emilia-Romagna dates back to Roman times when the region of Emilia was ruled by imperial judges linked to the nearby regions of either [[Liguria]] or [[Tuscany]]. After the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]] in the 5th century, the Lombards, a Germanic tribe, founded the [[Kingdom of the Lombards|kingdom of Lombardy]] in northern and central Italy. This kingdom, which included the region known as Emilia, flourished until the Lombard dynasty was overthrown by the Frankish king [[Charlemagne]] in 774. From the 6th to 8th centuries, the region of Romagna was under Byzantine rule and Ravenna was the capital of the Exarchate of Italy within the Eastern Roman Empire. In the 8th century, this region became a province of the [[Papal States]] when Pepin, the father of Charlemagne, donated the land to the Pope in 754.