The Lombards' first capital, before Milan, is now a sleepy, well-preserved, redbrick university town.
Nothing remains of the Lombard's first capital except for faint insights from musty tomes. 
mnli hypothesis: Nothing remains of the Lombard's first capital except for faint insights from musty tomes.  premise: The Lombards' first capital, before Milan, is now a sleepy, well-preserved, redbrick university town.