Pavia is an Italian city associated with the Roman campaign in Le Morte Darthur. Its name marks two distinct moments in that campaign: a Roman warrior identified with Pavia fights Arthur’s knights, and Milan later offers Pavia among the territories it will hold under Arthur’s authority.## Pavia in the Roman fightingDuring the first day of conflict between Arthur’s Britons and the Romans, Caliburn, described as one of the strongest men of Pavia, strikes down several of Arthur’s knights. Sir Bors confronts him and defeats him. The episode places Pavia within the Roman side’s military network, though it does not describe the city itself or say that Caliburn commands its forces.## Pavia in Milan’s submissionLater, as Arthur advances through Italy, Milan responds to the capture of Urbine by offering large sums of money and asking for mercy. Its representatives promise allegiance and homage for several lands, including Pavia, and pledge an annual payment of a million gold for Arthur’s lifetime. Pavia is thus named not as a separately narrated battlefield or siege, but as part of the territorial and financial terms offered by Milan.## Narrative significanceThe two references give Pavia contrasting roles in the campaign: first, it is linked to a formidable Roman combatant; later, it belongs to a group of lands whose submission helps express the reach of Arthur’s expanding power. The narrative supplies these political and military associations without providing further details about Pavia’s government, inhabitants, or subsequent history.