Chronicum

Chronicle of Marius, Bishop of Aventicum. With the above-named consul, Avitus was raised as emperor in Gaul; and Theodoric, king of the Goths, entered Arles with his brothers in peace. Under the consulship of John and Varana. Under these consuls, Avitus was deposed as emperor by Majorian and Ricimer at Piacenza, and was made bishop in that city. In that year, the Burgundians occupied part of Gaul and divided the lands with the Gallic senators. Under the consulship of Constantine and Rufus. Under the consulship of Majorian and Leo. Under the consulship of Ricimer and Patricius. Under the consulship of Magnus and Apollinaris [from the fasti: Apollonius]. Under these consuls, the emperor Majorian set out for Spain. In that year, ships were captured by the Vandals at Elece, near Carthage Spartaria. Under the consulship of Severinus and Dagalaiphus. Under these consuls, Majorian was deposed from the imperial office in the city of Bertona by the patrician Ricimer, and was killed on the river Ira; and Severus was raised as emperor at Ravenna.

Leo the Fifth. In this consul's term, Glycerius was raised as emperor at Ravenna. Leo the Younger. In this consul's term, Glycerius was deposed from the empire, and Nepos was raised as emperor. In the year after the consulship of Leo the Younger Augustus. Basiliscus and Armatus. In these consuls' term, Odovacer was raised as king. In the year after the consulship of Basiliscus and Armatus. Illo. Zeno. Basil the Younger. Placidus. Severinus the Younger.

Faustus, Venantius and Theodoricus, Symmachus, Decius and Longinus Boethius. Dinamicus and Sifidius, Probinus and Eusebius. In these consuls' term, Theodoricus, king of the Goths, entered Italy at the bridge of the Isonzo. Longinus and Faustus, Olybrius, Anastasius and Rufus, Albinus and Eusebius. In these consuls' term, Odovacer, king, was killed by order of Theodoricus at Lauretum. Asterius and Praesidius, Viator, Post Consulate of Viator, Post Consulate of Viator, Year 2, Paullinus, Post Consulate of Paullinus, Patricius and Hypatius. In these consuls' term, there was a battle at Dijon between the Franks and the Burgundians, with Godegeselus plotting this treachery against his brother Gundobagaudus. In that battle, Godegeselus, with his men, fought against his brother alongside the Franks; and having put his brother Gundobagaudus to flight, he held his brother's kingdom for a short time, and Gundobagaudus took refuge at Avignon. In that year, Gundobagaudus, having regained his strength, surrounded Vienne with an army, and having captured the city, killed his brother; and he condemned many nobles and Burgundians who had sided with him to death by many and exquisite tortures; and having recovered the kingdom he had lost, together with that which Godegeselus had held, he governed it happily until the day of his death.

Abienus and Pompeius. Abienus the Younger and Probus. Volusianus. Cethegus. Savinius and Theudorus. Messala and Ariobinda. Venantius and Celer. Post-consulate of Venantius. Importunus. In this consul's term, Mammo, duke of the Goths, plundered part of Gaul. Boethius. Felix and Secundinus. Paullus and Muscianus. Clementinus and Probus. Senator. Florentius and Anthemius. In these consuls' term, the monastery of Acaunus was built by King Sigismundus. Petrus. In this consul's term, King Gundobagaudus died, and his son Sigismundus was raised up as king. Anastasius and Agapetus. Magnus. Justinus and Euticius. Rusticius and Vitalianus. Justinianus and Valerius. Symmachus and Boethius. In these consuls' term, Segericus, son of King Sigismundus, was unjustly killed by order of his own father. Maximus, indiction 1. In this consul's term, Sigismundus, king of the Burgundians, was handed over to the Franks by the Burgundians, and was led into Francia in monastic habit; and there he was thrown into a well with his wife and sons.

Justinus II and Opilio, indiction II. In their consulship, Godemarus, brother of Sigismund, king of the Burgundians, was ordained. In that year, he fought against Chlodomer, king of the Franks, at Vézeronce; and there Chlodomer was killed. In that year, the patrician Boethius was killed in the territory of Milan. Probus the Younger and Philoxenus, indiction III. In their consulship, the patrician Symmachus was killed at Ravenna. Olybrius, indiction IV. In this consul's term, Theodoric, king of the Goths, died in the city of Ravenna, and his grandson Athalaric was raised as king. Matarius, indiction V. Justinianus II, indiction VI. Decius the Younger, indiction VII. Lampadius and Orestes, indiction VIII. Post-consulate of Lampadius and Orestes, indiction IX. Again, post-consulate of Lampadius and Orestes, indiction X. In their consulship, the patrician Hypatius was raised as emperor by a popular uprising, and was killed by order of the Augustus Justinianus, and with him Pompeius, and nearly thirty thousand men were slain by the sword in the circus.

Justinian Augustus for the second time, indiction XI. Paulinus the younger, indiction XII. In this consulship, the Frankish kings Childebert, Chlothar, and Theudebert obtained Burgundy; and with King Godomar put to flight, they divided his kingdom. In that year, Africa was restored to the Roman Empire after ninety-two years through the patrician Belisarius; and Gelimer, king of the Vandals, was exhibited as a captive at Constantinople, and was presented to Justinian Augustus together with his wives and treasures by the aforementioned patrician. Belisarius, indiction XIII. In this consulship, in the year in which he held the consulship, he entered Sicily and restored it to the Roman Empire. After the consulship of Belisarius, indiction XIV. Again after the consulship of Belisarius, indiction XV. John, indiction I. In this consulship, Milan was broken into by the Goths and Burgundians; and there the senators and priests together with the rest of the people, even in the most sacred places themselves, were killed; so that the very altars were stained with their blood.

Appio, indiction II. In this consulship, Theudebert, king of the Franks, entered Italy and laid waste to Liguria and Aemilia; and his army, greatly burdened by the infirmity of the place, was much afflicted. Justin, indiction III. In this consulship, the Persians laid waste to Antioch and depopulated all of Syria. In that year, the patrician Belisarius presented Wittigis, king of the Goths, taken captive from Ravenna, to the Augustus Justin in Constantinople, together with his wife and treasures. Basil, indiction IV. Post-consulship of Basil, year I, indiction V. Post-consulship of Basil, year II, indiction VI. Post-consulship of Basil, year III, indiction VII. Post-consulship of Basil, year IV, indiction VIII. Post-consulship of Basil, year V, indiction IX. Post-consulship of Basil, year VI, indiction X. In this year, Pope Vigilius of Rome hastened to Constantinople. In that year, Baduila, king of the Goths, captured and depopulated Rome, and, having thrown down the walls, set fire to part of the city. In that year, having regained his strength, the dux Belisarius restored Rome to Roman dominion.

After the consulship of Basilius, year 7, indiction 11. In that year, Theudebert, the great king of the Franks, died; and Theudebald, his son, succeeded to his kingdom. In that year, Lanthacarius, a duke of the Franks, was pierced through and died in a Roman war. After the consulship of Basilius, year 8, indiction 12. After the consulship of Basilius, year 9, indiction 13. After the consulship of Basilius, year 10, indiction 14. After the consulship of Basilius, year 11, indiction 15. After the consulship of Basilius, year 12, indiction 2. In this year, Baduila, king of the Goths, was killed by the army of the republic through Narses, the chartularius eunuch; and Teja received his kingdom. After the consulship of Basilius, year 13, indiction 2. In this year, Teja, king of the Goths, was killed by the aforementioned Narses. After the consulship of Basilius, year 14, indiction 3. In this year, Theudebald, king of the Franks, died, and Chlothacarius, the paternal uncle of his father, obtained his kingdom. In that year, Chramnus, son of King Chlothacarius, at the instigation of his paternal uncle Childebert, fled to him in hiding.

In that year, with the Saxons rebelling, King Chlothacarius fought against them with a heavy army; there a multitude of Franks and Saxons fell; nevertheless King Chlotharius departed victorious. At that time, Buccelenus, a duke of the Franks, perished in the Roman war with his entire army. After the consulship of Basilius, year 15, indiction 4. In that year, with the Saxons rebelling again, King Chlotarius gave battle; and there the greatest part of the Saxons fell. In that year, the Franks laid waste to all of Thuringia, because it had conspired with the Saxons. In those days, Chramnus, having gathered an army, laid waste to the region of his father. In that year, the army of the Franks laid waste to the army of the Roman Republic, and having put it to flight, devastated it, with many of them and their riches carried off. In that year, the army of the Republic, having renewed its strength, occupied the part of Italy which King Theudebert had acquired. After the consulship of Basilius, year 16, indiction 5. After the consulship of Basilius, year 17, indiction 6.

In this year Childebertus, king of the Franks, passed away, and his kingdom was obtained by King Chlotharius, his brother. In the 18th year of the consulship of Basilius, 7th indiction. In the 12th year of the consulship of Basilius, 8th indiction. In this year, with the sky serene, among the bright stars the moon was obscured on the 16th day, so that it could scarcely be seen. In that year Chramnus, after the oaths he had given to his father, sought refuge among the Britons; and, plotting to invade his father’s kingdom, he dared to move against him with the Britons, and grievously plundered many places. To suppress his madness, the father hastened with an army; and, after killing the count of the Britons, he captured Chramnus alive, and, having burned him together with his wife and children, he inflicted destruction upon the entire region. In the 20th year of the consulship of Basilius, 9th indiction. In this year King Chlotharius died; and his sons, that is, Charibertus, Guntecramnus, Hilpericus, and Sigibertus, divided his kingdom. In the 21st year of the consulship of Basilius, 10th indiction.

After the consulship of Basilius, year 13, 11th indiction. In this year, the great mountain of Tauretunum, in the territory of the Valais, suddenly collapsed in such a way that it crushed the castle which was near it, and the villages with all the inhabitants dwelling there; and it so thoroughly moved the lake, sixty miles in length and twenty miles in width, that its overflow on both banks devastated very ancient villages with their people and livestock; it also demolished many sacred places with their servants, and violently destroyed the bridge of Geneva, the mills, and the men; and its overflow at the city of Geneva killed many people. After the consulship of Basilius, year 23, 12th indiction. After the consulship of Basilius, year 24, 13th indiction. In this year, the monks of Agaunum, incited by a spirit of anger, attempting by night to kill their bishop Agricola with the clergy and the citizens who were with him, broke into the church house; and when the clergy or citizens tried to defend their bishop, they were seriously wounded by those same monks.

In that year, Magnacarius, duke of the Franks, died. After the consulship of Basilius, year 25, 14th indiction. In this year, a sign appeared in the sky for seventy days. In that year, Justinian Augustus died, and his nephew Justin took up the imperial office. In that year, there was a very severe winter, so that for five months or more the earth could not be seen because of the great depth of snow; and the harshness itself killed many animals. In that year, Sindewala the Herulian assumed tyranny, and was killed by the patrician Narses. In the first year of the consulship of Justin the Younger Augustus, 15th indiction. From the beginning of the world up to this consul, there are 6,758 years. In the second year of the consulship of Justin the Younger Augustus, 1st indiction. In this year, Narses, former praepositus and patrician, after having laid low so many tyrants—that is, Baduila and Teja, kings of the Goths, and Buccelenus, duke of the Franks, and also Sindewala the Herulian—and after having laudably restored Milan and the remaining cities which the Goths had destroyed, was removed from Italy itself by the above-mentioned Augustus.

In the third year of the consulship of Justin the Younger Augustus, 2nd indiction. In this year, Alboenus, king of the Langobards, with his entire army, leaving and departing from Pannonia, his own homeland, with their women and all his people, like a wild beast, seized Italy: and there some were destroyed by disease, others by famine, and not a few by the sword. In that year also they presumed to enter the neighboring regions of Gaul, where a multitude of captives of that same people were sold. In the fourth year of the consulship of Justin the Younger Augustus, 3rd indiction. In this year, a severe sickness, with a flux of the bowels and smallpox, greatly afflicted Italy and Gaul, and cattle in the above-mentioned regions perished in great numbers. In that year, Celsus the patrician died. In the fifth year of the consulship of Justin the Younger Augustus, 4th indiction. In this year, an unspeakable infirmity and glandular swelling, whose name is pustule, devastated an innumerable population in the above-mentioned regions. In the sixth year of the consulship of Justin the Younger Augustus, 5th indiction.

In this year, Alboenus, king of the Langobards, was killed by his own men, that is, by Hilmegis and the rest, with the consent of his wife; and the aforementioned Hilmegis, together with the said wife of his, whom he had joined to himself in marriage, and with all the treasure, both that which he had brought from Pannonia and that which he had gathered from Italy, with a part of the army, surrendered himself to the republic at Ravenna. In the seventh year of the consulship of Justin the Younger Augustus, 6th indiction. In this year, a duke of the Langobards, named Cleb, was appointed king of that people, and many of the higher and middle ranks were killed by him. In that year, Vxfarius, duke of the Franks, died, and Theodofridus was appointed duke in his place. In the eighth year of the consulship of Justin the Younger Augustus, 6th indiction. In this year, Cleb, king of the Langobards, was killed by his own servant. In that year, the Langobards again entered the Valley and seized the Clusas, and dwelt for many days in the monastery of the Holy Acaunensians; and afterwards they joined battle at Baccis against the army of the Franks, where they were almost entirely destroyed, few being saved. But also the Moors and other peoples who presumed to enter their province were overcome by the Franks themselves.

In the ninth year of the consulship of Justin the Younger Augustus, indiction VIII. In the ninth year of the consulship of Justin the Younger Augustus, indiction IX. In this year, Sigibertus, king of the Franks, waged war against his brother Hilpericus; and when he had already surrounded him and was contemplating his killing, he was killed by the men of Chilpericus through deceit; and Chilbebertus, his son, received his kingdom. In the eleventh year of the consulship of Justin the Younger Augustus, indiction I. In that year, the royal and noble youths Chlotacarius and Chlodomeris, sons of King Gunthegramnus, died. In the twelfth year of the consulship of Justin the Younger Augustus, indiction II. In this year, Meroveus, son of King Hilpericus, was killed. In the thirteenth year of the consulship of Justin the Younger Augustus, indiction XII. In this year, the two brothers, Salonius and Sagittarius, bishops, were deposed from the honor of the episcopate by a synod which was assembled at Cabalonnum, for various crimes. In that year, the Augustus Justin died, and Tiberius succeeded in his place.

In the first year of the consulship of Tiberius Constantinus Augustus, indiction XIII. In that year, in the month of October, the Rhone flooded so greatly in the territory of the Valais that it denied the harvests of the crops; and within Italy the rivers flooded so greatly that the farmers suffered losses. In the second year of the consulship of Tiberius Constantinus Augustus, indiction XIV. In that indiction, in the month of September, Queen Austregildis died; on account of her passing, two physicians, Nicolaus and Donatus, were killed. In that year, the patrician Mummolus, with his wife and children, and a multitude of his household and many riches, fled into the march of King Childebertus, that is, to Avignon. APPENDIX TO THE CHRONICLE OF MARIUS, BISHOP OF AVENTICUM, BY AN UNKNOWN BUT VERY ANCIENT AUTHOR. Thus far Bishop Marius. In the third year of Tiberius Augustus, indiction XV. In the fourth year of Tiberius Augustus, indiction I. In the fifth year of Tiberius Augustus, indiction II. In the sixth year of Tiberius Augustus, indiction III. In the seventh year of Tiberius Augustus, indiction IV. The Goths, divided into two parts under Ermengildus, son of King Leubegildus, are devastated by mutual slaughter.

Indiction V. Maurice for 21 years: the Suebi, subdued by King Leovigild, are subjected to the Goths. Indiction VI. The Goths, under King Reccared, return to the Catholic faith. The Avars, fighting against the Romans, are repelled more by gold than by the sword. Phocas for 9 years. This man, made emperor by a military sedition, slew Maurice Augustus and many nobles. In his time, the Parisians and Venetians wage civil war throughout the East and Egypt, and lay each other low in mutual slaughter. Also, very severe battles of the Persians are stirred up against the Republic, by which the Romans, stoutly defeated, lost many provinces and Jerusalem itself. In the fifth year of his reign, Heraclius, while Sisebut, king of the Goths, in Spain, in the fourth year of his own reign, subdues many cities of the Roman soldiery by warring; and he converts the Jews subject to his kingdom, except those who fled to the Franks, to the faith of Christ.

During the time of this emperor, up to the 14th year of his reign and the 40th year of the reign of Chlotacar, the most glorious prince of the Franks, many losses were inflicted upon the parts of the republic almost everywhere by various peoples. At this time the Persians advanced as far as Chalcedon. The Huns, breaking through the Long Wall and approaching the walls of Constantinople, conversed with the aforementioned emperor, who stood on the wall in turn; having received from him the price of peace, they withdrew for a time. At the same time, Francia, once divided into three kingdoms, was united into one by the aforementioned king of the Franks; and as King Theuderic pursued his brother Theudebert, king of the Austrasians, the Franks, prevailing, moved against the Austrasians in Burgundy and finally killed him. Without delay, when the victor Theuderic died at Meaux, he left the kingdom, wrongly usurped, to his little son Sigobert, together with his grandmother Brunihild; while his brother was still alive, he ordered his own grandson to be dashed against a white rock.

At the same time, his sons were defeated and captured by the aforementioned king Chlotacarius; and the aforementioned queen, the grandmother of the aforesaid, was captured by him, afflicted with various kinds of torments, then placed upon a camel, and provided a spectacle for many; finally, bound by the most savage of means to the back of a horse, she breathed her last breath. Thereafter, the peoples, burning her little body, made a pyre her tomb; and then the paternal judgment, once given without mercy against brother and nephew, recoiled upon the lilies; and those, as they say, were slain by certain persons, and the aforementioned king obtained the monarchy in three kingdoms; which, governing happily and religiously, he now passes his life with the foremost men of his realm in the year of his reign. Thus from the beginning of the world up to the present era, that is, the 40th year of the reign of Heraclius and Chlotacarius, there are 5,862 years.