Stelle Pugnavit Tato cum Rodolfo rege Heru...; (Origo Gentis Langobardorum (640 - 680), MGH, Scriptores rer. Lang. et Ital., 1, 1878 (L. Bethmann & G. Waitz), p. 3) [5587]

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Keywords	Ethnonym: Heruli, [wurzel: Herul] Name: Tato, [wurzel: Tato] Keyword: regnum (kingdom, realm), [wurzel: regn] Keyword: rex (king), [wurzel: reg]
ID	5587
Text	Origo Gentis Langobardorum (640 - 680) Anonymous - Other
Quotation	Pugnavit Tato cum Rodolfo rege Herulorum, et occidit eum, tulit vando ipsius et capsidem. Post eum Heruli regnum non habuerunt.
Translation	Tato fought with Rodolf king of the Heruli and killed him and carried off his banner and helmet. After him the Heruli had no kingly office. (W.D. Foukes, trans., E. Peters, ed., Origo gentis langobardorum (1974), p. 317)
Summary	The Langobards, led by their king, Tato, go to war with the people of the Heruli, and kill their king, Rodolf. After this defeat, the Heruli have no kingdom.
Quotation source	MGH, Scriptores rer. Lang. et Ital., 1, 1878 (L. Bethmann & G. Waitz), p. 3
Temporal Coverage	507 - 510
Associated use case(s)	Lombard Origins in Network Analysis: The Origo gentis langobardorum
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