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Chronicum Integrum In Dua Partes Distributum [Appendicula]

Prosperus Aquitanus · ogl-pl

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Summary

The Chronicum Integrum In Dua Partes Distributum [Appendicula] is a universal chronicle attributed to Prosper of Aquitaine, extending from Creation to the reign of Valentinian III (455 CE). It is structured in two parts, drawing on Jerome's Chronicle and continuing it with events up to 455. The work survives in multiple manuscript families, often appended to Prosper's other writings. The title is a modern editorial designation; medieval copies vary. Prosper's chronicle was likely composed in stages, with a first edition ending ca. 433 and a later continuation to 455. Attribution to Prosper is secure, though some later additions may be by others. The chronicle was widely used in the Middle Ages as a source for universal history and was often continued by later chroniclers.

Prosper's chronicle is a key source for the history of the 5th-century Western Roman Empire, particularly for the Vandal conquest of Africa and the reign of Valentinian III. It also provides insight into the reception of Augustine's theology in Gaul. The work's wide medieval transmission and continuation by later chroniclers demonstrate its importance as a model for universal history. It relates to other chronicles, such as those of Jerome and the Gallic Chronicle of 511, and to the theological works of Prosper himself.

Historical context

The Chronicum Integrum was composed in Latin, likely in Gaul, by Prosper of Aquitaine (c. 390–c. 455 CE), a lay theologian and supporter of Augustine. The work is a continuation of Jerome's Chronicle, which itself translated and updated Eusebius. Prosper's chronicle reflects the theological and political concerns of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, including the Vandal conquest of North Africa and the Christological controversies of the time. The chronicle survives in several manuscript families, often appended to Prosper's other writings, indicating its use as a reference work. The text was later continued by anonymous authors, such as in the Gallic Chronicle of 511. The edition (ogl-pl) lacks a critical apparatus, and the precise extent of Prosper's original text is uncertain. The chronicle's entries are selective, focusing on events of interest to a Christian audience.

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APPENDICULA AD CHRONICUM S. PROSPERI AQUITANI. Cum in codice quem Augustanum vocamus, Pithæus vero sub Ulriciani titulo citavit in notis suis ad Chronicam Eusebii, etc., subjiciantur quædam quæ leguntur etiam, ins. Colbortinæ Bibliothecæ et illa limites excedant Prosperiano Chronico a Gennadio, assignatos in Catalogo, cap. 4, de Prospero, de quibus fusius dictu in admonitione consules, si vacat; illa nos hic. charactere tamen inferiori, excudi debere credidimus. In quibus regni Vandalorum, post captam ab iis Romam, status per annos non paucos repræsentatur. Quibus tumen in iisdem libris præfiguntur tres consulatus, qui Valentiniani VIII ultimum cum morte consulatum exceperunt. VARANE ET JOHANNE. CONSTANTINO ET RUFO. ARDABURE ET MAXIMIANO. Post consulatum Theodosii XVII et Festi, Geisericus Vandalorum rex Carthaginemingressus est, die xiv kalendarum Novembrium. a Qui rexit eamdem Africam civitatem annis XXXVIII, mensibus III, diebus VI.
English
APPENDIX TO THE CHRONICLE OF SAINT PROSPER OF AQUITAINE. Since in the codex which we call Augustanus, but which Pithoeus cited under the title of Ulricianus in his notes on the Chronicle of Eusebius, etc., certain passages are subjoined which are also read in the Colbertine Library and which exceed the limits assigned to Prosper’s Chronicle by Gennadius in the Catalogue, chapter 4, concerning Prosper—about which matters you may consult the admonition at greater length, if you have leisure—we have believed that those passages should be printed here, albeit in a smaller type. Among them, the state of the Vandal kingdom after the capture of Rome by them is represented over not a few years. To these, however, in the same books are prefixed three consulships, which followed the eighth and last consulship of Valentinian, which ended with his death. Varane and Johanne. Constantino and Rufo. Ardabure and Maximiano. After the consulship of Theodosius XVII and Festus, Geiseric, king of the Vandals, entered Carthage on the 14th day before the Kalends of November. He ruled that same African city for 38 years, 3 months, and 6 days.
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Post hunc regnavit Hunerix, filius ejus, annis vn, mensibus x, diebus XVIII. Qui in fine anni VII regni sui catholicæ Ecclesiæ persecitonem fecit, omnesque Ecclesias clausit, et cunctos Domini cathulicos sacerdotes, cum Eugenio Carthaginensi episcopo exsilio relegavit. Qui Dei judicio scatens vernibus vitam finivit. Post eum regnavit Guntamundus Gentunis ejusdein Hunerici regis fratris filius annos XI, menses IX, dies XI. Qui tertio anno regni sui cœmeterium sancti martyris Agilei apud Carthaginem catholicis dare præcipit, Eugenio Carthaginensi episcopo. ab eodem jam de exsilio revocato. Decimo autem anno regni sui, Ecclesias catholicorum aperuit, et omnes Dei sacerdotes, petente Eugenio Carthaginensi episcopo, dc cxsilio revocavit. Quæ Ecclesiæ fuerunt clausæ annos XI, menses vi, dies v, hoc est, ab octavo anno Hunerici, id est, ex die VII idus Februarii, usque in dccimum annum regis Guntamundit, in diem IV idus Augusti. In quo completi sunt supradicti a anni x, menses vi, dies v. Qui memoratus Guntamundus rex postmodum vixit annos II, II enses I.
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After him reigned Huneric, his son, for seven years, ten months, and eighteen days. At the end of the seventh year of his reign, he made a persecution of the Catholic Church, closed all the churches, and banished all the Lord’s Catholic priests, along with Eugenius, bishop of Carthage, into exile. He, by the judgment of God, swarming with worms, ended his life. After him reigned Guntamund, son of Gentunis, the same brother of King Huneric, for eleven years, nine months, and eleven days. In the third year of his reign, he ordered the cemetery of the holy martyr Agileus at Carthage to be given to the Catholics, with Eugenius, bishop of Carthage, already recalled from exile by him. In the tenth year of his reign, however, he opened the churches of the Catholics and recalled all the priests of God from exile, at the request of Eugenius, bishop of Carthage. These churches were closed for eleven years, six months, and five days, that is, from the eighth year of Huneric, from the seventh day before the Ides of February, until the tenth year of King Guntamund, on the fourth day before the Ides of August. In which the aforementioned eleven years, six months, and five days are completed. The said King Guntamund afterwards lived for two years and one month.
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Post quem regnavit Trasamundus Gentunis filius annos XXVI, menses VIII, dies IV. Ab exordio ergo imperii Aviti, usque ad annum XXVII Trasamundi.... XVIII. A XIV anno autem imperii et morte Valentis, usque in annum e xxv Trasamundi, anni sunt CXVIII. Post quem regnavit llildrix, filius Hunerici, annos VIII, dies VIII. Qui in exordio regni sui Bonifacium ] episcopum apud Carthaginem in Ecclesia sancti Agilei ordinari praecepit, et omnibus catholicis libertatem restituit. Quo regnante, assumpta tyrannide Geilamrr regnum ejus invadit, in quod sedit annos III, menses III. Qui tanta homicidia scelestus commisit, ut nec suis parentibus parceret. Fiuntergo ab exordio e regis Geiserici, usque ad exitum Vandalorum, anni XCIII, menses x, dies XI. Ab interitu vero Valentis in xiv anno regi i ejus, usque ad supra dictum tempus, anni CLIV. Collecta ergo omnium summa annorum ab Adam usque ad Vandalorum perditionem fiunt anni VMDCCXXXIII.
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After him reigned Thrasamund, son of Gento, for twenty-six years, eight months, and four days. Therefore, from the beginning of the reign of Avitus up to the twenty-seventh year of Thrasamund… eighteen. But from the fourteenth year of the reign and death of Valens up to the twenty-fifth year of Thrasamund, there are one hundred and eighteen years. After him reigned Hilderic, son of Huneric, for eight years and eight days. At the beginning of his reign, he ordered that Boniface be ordained bishop at Carthage in the church of Saint Agileus, and he restored liberty to all Catholics. During his reign, Geilamir, having assumed tyranny, invaded his kingdom, in which he sat for three years and three months. He committed so many wicked murders that he did not spare even his own relatives. From the beginning of the reign of King Geiseric up to the end of the Vandals, there are ninety-three years, ten months, and eleven days. But from the death of Valens in the fourteenth year of his reign up to the aforementioned time, there are one hundred and fifty-four years. Therefore, the total sum of years from Adam up to the destruction of the Vandals is five thousand seven hundred and thirty-three years.
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