Charles begins besieging Pavia
The Annales regni Francorum report that Charles reached Pavia and besieged it with Desiderius enclosed inside.
What this does and does not establish
This is the commencement of the siege, not the excluded capture in 774. No exact day or month is supplied.
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- Region
- Europe
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- DCCLXXIII; before Christmas
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Read arf.wikitext:113–125. DCCLXXIII at line 117 introduces the Italian campaign; the siege is followed at line 119 by Christmas in the camp and Easter in Rome. DCCLXXIIII at line 121 then reports the return from Rome and capture. Thus the siege begins before Christmas AD 773, while the Easter continuation belongs to the following spring. Examined both edition JSON files. Original quotation begins at line 117, character 16488.
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Annales regni Francorum
Frankish court annalists
Quoted text (Latin)
Et Papiam civitatem usque pervenit et Desiderio incluso ipsam civitatem obsedit.AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
And he reached the city of Pavia and, with Desiderius shut inside, besieged that city.
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Exact source version
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Source checked 2026-11-05. An independent AI evidence review supports this bounded, attributed wording. That review does not guarantee historical truth. How records are checked
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