Quick LinksAll events in 636 AD On this day Search636 AD All Months All Days World
The Byzantines suffered a crushing defeat by the Arabs at the Battle of Yarmouk in 636.
Rothari reigned from 636 to 652 and led numerous military campaigns, which brought almost all of northern Italy under the rule of the Lombard kingdom.
Rothari was of the house of Arodus, was king of the Lombards from 636 to 652; previously he had been duke of Brescia.