Stelle Iubente Maldere Sueui in solitam pe...; (Continuatio Chronicorum Hieronymianorum (458 - 469), Hydatius, Chronicle a. 458, ed. and trans. Burgess, p. 110-1) [5768]

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Text Continuatio Chronicorum Hieronymianorum (458 - 469) Hydatius of Aquae Flaviae
Quotation Iubente Maldere Sueui in solitam perfidiam uersi regionem Galliciae adherentem flumine Durio depredantur. Quinto kal. Iun., die quarta feria, ab ora quarta in horam sextam ad speciem Iunae quintae uel sextae sol de lumine orbis sui minoratus apparuit. Gothicus exercitus [cum] duce suo Cyrila a Theudorico rege ad Hispanias missus mense Iulio succedit ad Beticam. Legati Gothorum et Vandalorum pariter ad Sueuos ueniunt et reuertuntur.
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Quotation source Hydatius, Chronicle a. 458, ed. and trans. Burgess, p. 110-1
Temporal Coverage 458 - 458
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Comment On Maldras' orders the Sueves reverted to their usual treachery and pillaged that part of gallaecia bordering the Durius River. (184) On Wednesday, 28 May, from the fourth hour to the sixth, the sun appreared to be diminished in the light of its orb to the appearance of a crescent moon on the fifth or sixth day. (185) The Gothic army which had been sent to Spain by King Theoderic with his dux Cyrila advanced to Baetica in July. (186) Envoys from the Goths and Vandals came to the Sueves at the same time and returned.