Lando II, called ''Cyruttu'', was the

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briefly for six months in 861. He was the eldest son and successor of Lando I. In May 859, a massive joint expedition of

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, and

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marched on Capua. Lando I was in a paralysis at that time and his son Lando II took up arms to defend the city. He defeated the forces sent against them, led by

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and Gregory, sons of

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, at the bridge of Teodemondo over the

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. Caesar was captured and led back to Capua in triumph.

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places the battle on 8 May, the day of

Michael the Archangel Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

, whose cult was popular among the Lombards. It is therefore significant to Erchempert (a Lombard) that the Lombard Lando should defeat a largely Greek army on such a day. Lando did succeed his father when he died, but he was expelled shortly thereafter by his uncle Pando. Lando was compensated with

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, but desired to restore himself to the countship. He married a niece of

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, but with this ally, he never regained the throne.

Sources

''Historia Langabardorvm Beneventarnorvm''
at

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. *Caravale, Mario (ed). ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: LXIII Labroca – Laterza''.

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, 2004.
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