 Although Procopius implies that the battle which led to Rodulf's death took place around 494, it is therefore considered unlikely to have occurred about 508.A later account of the battle with the Lombards by Paul the Deacon gives Rodulf a more legitimate "casus belli" against the Lombards.Rodulf purportedly declared war against the Lombards because his brother was murdered by Tato's daughter Rumetruda, after a falling-out between the two, during his brother's return home.