Stelle Tamen quamquam haec ita se habeant,...; (Edictus Rothari, MGH, LL 4, 1868 (F. Bluhme), p. 2) [5114]

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Text Edictus Rothari (643 - 643) Rothari, Rothair
Quotation Tamen quamquam haec ita se habeant, utilem prospeximus propter futuris temporis memoria, nomina regum antecessorum nostrorum, ex quo in gente nostra Langobardorum reges nominati coeperunt esse, in quantum per antiquos homines didicimus, in hoc membranum adnotari iussimus. Fuit primus Agilmund rex, ex genere Gugingus. Secundus Lamisio. Tertius Leth. Quartus Geldehoch, filius Leth. Quintus Godehoch, filius Geldehoc. Sextus Claffo, filius Godehoch. Septimus Tato, filius Claffoni. Tato et Winigis filii Claffoni. Octabus Wacho, filius Winigis, nepus Watoni. Nonus Waltari. Decimus Audoin, ex genere Gausus. Undecimus Alboin, filius Audoin, qui exercitum, ut supra, in Italia adduxit. Duodecimus Clef, ex genere Celeos. Tertius decimus Authari, filius Clef. Quartus decimus Agilulf Turingus, ex genere Anawas. Quintus decimus Adalwald, filius Agilulf. Sextus decimus Arioald, ex genere Caupus. Septimus decimus ego in Dei nomine qui supra Rothari rex, filius Nanding, ex genere Harodos...
Translation In these matters our concern for the future assures us that what we do here is useful and so we have ordered the names of the Lombard kings, our predecessors, and from what family they came, to be noted down here insofar as we have ascertained them from the older men of the nation. The first king was Agilmund, from the family of the Gugings. The second was Lamisio. Leth was third. Gildioch, son of Leth, was fourth. Godioch, son of Gildioch, was fifth. Sixth was Klaffo, son of Godioch. Seventh was Tato, son of Klaffo. Tato and Winigis were sons of Klaffo. Eighth was Wacho, son of Winigis, nephew of Tato. Ninth was Walthari. Tenth was Audoin, from the Gaugus family. Eleventh was Alboin, son of Audoin, who, as mentioned above, led the nation into Italy. Twelfth was Klep, from the Belios family. Thirteenth was Authari, son of Klep. Fourteenth was Agilulf, a Thuring from the family of the Anawas. Fifteenth was Adalwald, son of Agilulf. Sixteenth was Arioald, from the Kaup family. In the name of God, I, Rothair, son of Nanding, from the family of the Harode, am the seventeenth king, as stated above. (K. Fischer-Drew, trans., The Lombard Laws (1973), pp. 39-40).
Summary The Lombard regnal list from the prologue to the Edictus Rothari presents the motivation for including the names of previous kings and their families, as concern for the future, outlines that the information was gathered from the knowledge of older men. The kings' list stretches back into the legendary past, presening Rothari as the seventeenth king of the Lombards. The earlier historical kings in the list are presented as a direct familial line. In addition to giving some familial relations, the historical event of Alboin leading the Lombards into Italy is also reiterated. The final part of the kings' list from the prologue to the Edictus Rothari names Rothari's paternal ancestry for ten generations.
Quotation source MGH, LL 4, 1868 (F. Bluhme), p. 2
Temporal Coverage 300 - 643
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Comment From the regnal list (kings’ list) of the prologue to the Edictus Rothari. The Edictus Rothari forms part of the collected Edictus Langobardorum [Text, ID:984].