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5801 |
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Continuatio Chronicorum Hieronymianorum (458 - 469) Hydatius of Aquae Flaviae |
Quotation |
Gaisericus rex de Beticae prouinciae litore cum Vandalis omnibus
eorumque familiis mense Maio ad Mauritaniam et Africam
relictis transit Hispaniis; qui priusquam pertransiret, admonitus
Heremigarium Sueuum uicinas in transitu suo prouincias
depraedari, recursu cum aliquantis suis facto predantem in
Lusitania consequitur; qui aud procul de Emerita, quam cum
sanctae martyris Eulaliae iniuria spreuerat, maledictis per
Gaisericum caesis ex his quos secum habebat, arrepto, ut putauit,
euro uelocius fugae subsidio in flumine Ana diuino brachio
precipitatus interiit; quo ita extincto mox quo caeperat Gaisericus enauigauit. Consederunt Vandali in Baetica annos VIIII. |
Translation |
In the month of May, King Gaiseric abandoned Spain and together with the Vandals and their families crossed over from the shores of the Province of Baetica to Mauritania and Africa. Before crossing, he was warned that the Sueve Heremigarius was passing through the neighbouring provinces, pillaging them as he went. Gaiseric therefore doubled back with his men and followed the Sueve as he plundered in Lusitania. Not far from Emerita, which Heremigarius had scorned, thereby causing injury to the holy martyr Eulalia, Gaiseric slaughtered the accursed soldiers who were with the Sueve, but Heremigarius, who thought that he had seized the opportunity by turning to flight more swiftly than the wind, was cast headlong into the river Ana by the hand of God and died. Thus perished Heremigar, and afterwards Gaiseric sailed off to his original destination. The Vandals settled in Baetica for nine years. |
Quotation source |
Burgess, The Chronicle of Hydatius, a. 429, p. 90-1 |
Temporal Coverage |
429 - 429 |
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Spatial Coverage Objects |
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Comment |
The last sentence, on Baetica, is only found in one manuscript and does not appear in Burgess' text. See Kötter, Chronik des Hydatius, p. 114. |