Rothari 2

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE VIII
EthnicityLombard
LocationsTicinum (N. Italy) (residence);
Ticinum (N. Italy)
Textual SourcesPaulus Diaconus, Historia Gentis Langobardorum, ed. L. Bethmann and G. Waitz, MGH, Scr. Rer. Lang., pp. 12-187; also in MGH, Scr. Rer. Ger. 48, pp. 49-242 (history)

Rothari 2 was a Lombard and a close relation of the Lombard king Liutprand 1 ("eius consanguineus"); after Liutprand 1 became king of the Lombards, Rothari 2 tried to assassinate him at a banquet in his own house at Ticinum but was caught and killed: Paul. Diac., Hist. Lang. VI 38. Cf. also Subo 1.

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