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Early Middle Ages in Italy Credit:- nationaltoday.com Italy was a minor but significant component of the Roman Empire, a global political structure. After the fall of the empire, the peninsula was first ruled by a number of barbarian kingdoms, but after the Lombard invasion in 568–569, a network of smaller political organizations emerged throughout Italy. One of the main themes of this section is how each of these emerged from the ruins of the Roman civilization, concurrently with the others. Another is the city of the Romans' continued existence and growth. The early Middle Ages saw a continuation and expansion of the Romans' urban-centered politics and economics, which served as the basis for the regional development of Italy. The Ostrogoths and the Late Roman Empire Credit-www.ancient-origins.net The battle for control of the Italian peninsula between the barbarians who had overthrown the Roman empire in the West and the forces of its remaining portion in the East, Byzantium