Editing Abruzzo (section)

==== Early Middle Ages ====
{{See also|Ostrogothic Kingdom|Byzantine Italy|Kingdom of the Lombards|Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)}}
After the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]] and the [[Gothic War (535–554)|Gothic War]] between the [[Byzantine Empire]] and the [[Ostrogothic Kingdom]],<ref name=museo/> [[looting]] and devastation of [[monasteries]] and [[towns]] followed the arrival of [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] [[Lombards]] in the region. Around 572, the [[Lombards]] divided Abruzzo into the [[Duchy of Benevento]] and of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]], with [[Faroald I of Spoleto]] becoming the first [[Duke of Spoleto]]. His successor, [[Ariulf of Spoleto]], annexed other territories: the former territories controlled by [[Aequi]], [[Marsi]], [[Peligni]] and [[Vestini]]. In the [[8th century]], [[Transamund II of Spoleto]] rebelled against [[Liutprand, King of the Lombards]], but was able to recover his duchy and also to include other remaining territories of former Valeria province.

After the beginning of domination by the [[Franks]], in 801, Teate (today's [[Chieti]]) also passed from the [[Lombards|Lombardic]] [[Duchy of Benevento]] to the Frankish [[Duchy of Spoleto]]. In 843, some territories were separated from the duchy (all the region together with the district of [[Rieti]] and except that of [[Teramo]] according to ''Liber provincialis''), with [[Celano]] as capital. So [[counts of Marsi]] from different lineages ruled "Marsia" from 843 to 926. In 871, [[Louis II of Italy]] founded, as the [[Carolingian Emperor]], a monastery, which would become very powerful in the history of Abruzzo ([[Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria]]). With the rule of [[Hugh of Italy]] from 926, the territories were divided: [[Penne, Abruzzo|Penne]] and [[Chieti|Teate]] to {{ill|Atto I|it|Gastaldato di Teate}}, and today's [[province of L'Aquila]] to [[Counts of Marsi|Berardo]].