| Extinction of the exarchate of Ravenna by the Lombards under Astolphus. |
| It has been suggested that the design is of the date of the exarchate. |
| When in 739 the Lombards sacked the exarchate of Ravenna and threatened Rome, Gregory appealed to the Franks for aid. |
| He appointed military governors for Rome and Ravenna the exarchate of Ravenna when he realized that the civil authorities were unable to protect remaining Byzantine territory from the advancing Lombards. |
| Liudprand pressed hard, not only upon the Greek dominions of the exarchate, but also upon Rome. |
| Commentators frequently identify the seventh head with the exarchate of Ravenna. |
