Image Byzantium550.png thumb 200px Mediterranean world as Jordanes wrote his Getica . The Byzantine Empire , capital Constantinople , is shown in pink. Conquests of Justinian shown in green. Jordanes , also ... Literatur , 4, vol. 2 1920 , p. 115, 118 the best MSS of his work present his name as Jordanes ... publications. ref was a 6th century Roman bureaucrat , ref If Jordanes was a bishop as is frequently ... no trace in his two histories citation author Brian Croke title Cassiodorus and the Getica of Jordanes ... later in life. While he also wrote Romana Jordanes Romana about the history of Rome, his best ... with the early history of the Goths . Jordanes was asked by a friend to write this book as a summary ... work on Gothic origins, the Getica has been the object of much critical review. Jordanes wrote in Late ... reference list , demonstrated in their works that Jordanes developed in Getica the history of Getic ... of Ch lons comes from The History and Deeds of the Goths , written by JordanesJordanes writes about himself almost in passing ref citation author Jordanes url http www.ucalgary.ca vandersp Courses texts jordgeti.html L title Getica 266 editor last Mierow ref ref citation author Jordanes url http ... of the Amali, I also, Jordanes, although an unlearned man before my conversion, was secretary ... of Jordanes father should be split into two parts Alanovii Amuthis , both genitive forms. Jordanes ... Christensen citation author Arne S by Christensen title Cassiodorus, Jordanes, and the History of the Goths ... 978 87 7289 710 3 ref Paria was Jordanes paternal grandfather. Jordanes writes that he was secretary to Candac, dux Alanorum , an otherwise unknown leader of the Alans. Jordanes was notarius , or secretary ... had adopted Arianism . Jordanes conversion may have been a conversion to the Trinitarianism trinitarian ... vestris interrogationibus by your questioning . Alternatively, Jordanes conversio may mean that he ... was a bishop, some even say bishop of Ravenna , but the name Jordanes is not known in the lists of bishops ... more details
The Romana is a Roman literature Latin book written by Jordanes in the 6th century, being a short compendium of the most remarkable events from the creation down to the victory obtained by Narses , in AD 552, over king Teia . The work has been published under many different titles De Regnorum ac Temporum Successione , Liber de origine mundi et actibus Romanorum ceterarumque gentium or De gestis Romanorum . It is an epitome of epitomes that was begun before, but published after, the Getica , covering the history of the world from the Creation, mainly based on Jerome , with material from Florus , and for the last part from Marcellinus Comes , the continuator of Jerome it is of some value for the century 450&ndash 550, when Jordanes is dealing with recent history, and also for some accounts of several barbarous nations of the north, and the countries which they inhabited. It was written in 551 or 552 at Constantinople for a man addressed as nobilissime frater Vigilii , unlikely to be Pope Vigilius . Its Editio princeps , with the Getica and Paul the Deacon , was printed in Augsburg by Konrad Peutinger in 1515. The earliest translations are a French language French translation by Drouet de Maupertuy , and one in Swedish language Swedish by J. T. Peringskiold in 1719. The classical edition remains that by Theodor Mommsen in 1882, published with the Getica in the Monumenta Germaniae Historica . It was Mommsen who first gave Jordanes works the names by which they are mostly known, Romana and Getica . References William Smith lexicographer Smith, William editor Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 1716.html Jornandes , Boston ... The Aims of Jordanes year 1982 journal Historia volume 31 pages 223 240 dead link date June 2010 citation author Arne S by Christensen title Cassiodorus, Jordanes, and the History of the Goths. Studies ... 710 3 External links http www.harbornet.com folks theedrich Goths Romana.htm Jordanes Romana excerpts ... more details
Fastida was a king of the Gepidae of the 3rd century. His battle against the Visigoths resulted in defeat, and was chronicled in Getica Jordanes Getica by Jordanes . He is the first Gepidic king whose name survives. External links http mek.oszk.hu 03400 03407 html 31.html The Gepids before Hun Rule http www.harbornet.com folks theedrich Goths Goths1.htm Jordanes, Getica Euro royal stub Category Gothic people Category Year of birth unknown bg fr Fastida it Fastida nl Fastida fi Fastida uk ... more details
Orphan date September 2008 Segeric was, according to Jordanes , the king who immediately followed Alaric I as ruler of the Visigoths . He ruled only a short time and then was killed by his soldiers. References Jordanes. History of the Goths in Geary, Patrick J., Readings in Midieval History . p. 97 Category Kings of the Visigoths Euro hist stub it Segerico ... more details
Orphan date January 2008 The Armoricians were one of the peoples listed as serving as auxiliaries to the Roman army at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains by Jordanes . ref Jordanes . History of the Goths in Patrick J. Geary Geary, Patrick J. Readings in Midieval History . p. 101. ref References Reflist Category Ancient peoples history stub ... more details
Mundzuk rendered Mundzucus by Jordanes ,Turkey Turkish Boncuk , Kazak Turkish Muncuk , English Pearl by Priscus , 390 434 Also called Bendeg z in Hungarian language Hungarian was a Hunnic prince and brother of Hunnic rulers Optar Octar and Rugila Ruas . Mundzuk was also father of Attila the Hun and Bleda . He is briefly mentioned in Jordanes Getica 180 Now this Attila was the son of Mundiuch, and his brothers were Octar and Ruas who are said to have ruled before Attila, though not over quite so many tribes as he. ref http people.ucalgary.ca vandersp Courses texts jordgeti.html JORDANES THE ORIGIN AND DEEDS OF THE GOTHS. Translated by Charles C. Mierow ref Nothing else is known about his personality. Hungarian legend has Mundzuk as a descendant of Nimrod . References Reflist Category Huns royal stub fr Moundzouk hu Mundzsuk pl Mundzuk ru tr Muncuk Han uk ... more details
Deceneus or Dicineus , Dekaineos refers in The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Getica by Jordanes to two different men in Dacia Deceneus, the predecessor of Zalmoxis in the distant past Getica V 39 . ref citation author Jordanes url http www.ucalgary.ca vandersp Courses texts jordgeti.html V title Getica V 39 editor last Charles Christopher Mierow ref Deceneus, philosopher, astronomer and advisor of Burebista 70 BC 44 BC , given as the lawgiver of the Goths Getica X 67 73 . ref citation author Jordanes url http www.ucalgary.ca vandersp Courses texts jordgeti.html X title Getica X editor last Mierow ref Commons Dacian and Dacians Footnotes references Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Deceneus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Category Dacia Category Gothic people Dacia stub Romania bio stub Romania hist stub an Dizaneu it Deceneo ro Deceneu Dacia topics ... more details
wiktionary romana Romana may refer to Locations Ramana, Azerbaijan Romana, a village in Uda, Arge Uda Commune, Arge County, Romania Rom na, a village in Bal town, Olt County, Romania Romana SS , a town in Italy People Romana name Romana singer , a Republika Srpska Serbo Bosnian folk singer Romana , short for Romanadvoratrelundar, fictional character in the television series Doctor Who Romana D Annunzio , Scottish television presenter Other uses Romana Jordanes , a VI century history book by Jordanes Pax Romana , a period of peace experienced by the Roman Empire Curia Romana , the Roman Curia Rom n , the Romanian language , which calls itself limba rom n See also La Romana disambiguation Roma etymology Disambig ... more details
The War of Vesosis and Tanausis is described in Jordanes semi historical account of the Goths as happening in remote antiquity when Vesosis, king of the Egyptians , made war against them. Their king at that time was Tanausis . In a battle at the river Phasis river Phasis in Colchis modern Georgia country Georgia , Tanausis, king of the Goths, met Vesosis, king of the Egyptians, and there inflicted a severe defeat upon him, pursuing him even to Egypt. ref The Goths , by Jordanes, Chapter 6 War of Tanausis and Vesosis. ref See also Sesostris References references Category Battles involving the Goths Battle stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Tanausis was a legendary king of the Goths , according to Jordanes s Getica 5.47 . The 19th century scholar A. von Gutschmid assigned his reign to 1323 BC 1290 BC. According to the Getica , he was the Gothic king who halted the advance of the ancient Egypt Egyptian armies of the ancient Egypt Egyptian king Sesostris whom Jordanes calls Vesosis . At a battle on the banks of the river Rioni River Phasis , Tanausis routed the Egyptian king who had already conquered the Ethiopians and the Scythians . The Getica states that Tanausis then pursued the Egyptians all the way back to the banks of the Nile , where the mighty river and the fortifications dissuaded him from slaying Sesotris in his own land . The territory Tanausis had conquered in Asia was then bestowed upon his close friend Sornus , king of the Medes . Some of Tanausis followers remained in the conquered lands, and Jordanes cites Pompeius Trogus as saying these were the origin of the Parthia ns, stating that in the Scythia n language Parthi means deserter 5.48 . Following his death, Jordanes writes that the Goths worshipped Tanausis as a god. The story also appears in the earlier history of Justin historian Justin , who also based his work on Pompeius Trogus. However, the opponents are described as Sesosis of Egypt and Tanaus, king of Scythia. Jordanes considered the Goths to be Scyths, and often did not distinguish them. Comparisons have also been made to a statement by Isidore of Seville to the effect that the river Tanais now the Don had been named for one Tanus , an ancestral king of Scythia. Category Gothic people bg it Tanausis ru ... more details
, capital of the eastern Roman Empire , where Jordanes wrote Getica . De origine actibusque ... name name1 Jordanes, The Origin and Deeds of the Goths , translated by C. Mierow ref written in Late Latin by Jordanes or Jornandes in 551, ref Or slightly later, see Peter Heather, Goths and Romans ... to which Jordanes actually used the work of Cassiodorus see the discussion below on the sources also used by Jordanes . It is significant as the only remaining contemporaneous resource, which ... 25, 94 , in a distant past. In the pen of Jordanes or Cassiodorus , Herodotus Getae Getian demi god Zalmoxis becomes a king of the Goths 39 . Jordanes tells how the Goths sacked Troy and Ilium just ... the Egyptian pharaoh Vesosis 47 . The less fictional part of Jordanes work begins when the Goths ... by the Byzantine general Belisarius . Jordanes concludes the work by stating that he writes ... Because the original work of Cassiodorus has not survived, the work of Jordanes is one of the most ... Italy. Jordanes stated that Getae are the same as the Goths, on the testimony of Orosius Paulus . ref name name1 Jordanes, The Origin and Deeds of the Goths , translated by C. Mierow. ref A controversial ... allows a wide range of views, the most skeptical being that the work is mainly mythological, or if Jordanes .... Geary, 60 61 ref Not only that but it seems that Jordanes has distorted Cassiodorus s narrative by presenting ..., 40 ref ref W. Goffart, 59 61 ref Some scholars claim, that while acceptance of Jordanes at face value may be too naive, a totally skeptical view is not warranted. For example, Jordanes says that the Goths ... genealogy of Gothic kings given by Jordanes, he must have found it in a genuine 3rd century source ... googleScholar.qst?docId 5010849449 Questia.com Review of Cassiodorus, Jordanes, and the History ... manuscript of the 9th century. Jordanes work had been well known prior to Mommsen s 1882 ... Jordanes Romana Jordanes De regnorum ac temporum successione and to De rebus Geticis . ref citation ... more details
Gothiscandza , according to the Getica Jordanes Getica by Jordanes , written around 551. ref name Getica25 Jordanes , Getica , http www.ucalgary.ca vandersp Courses texts jordgeti.html IV chapter IV 25 ... been a simple invention of Jordanes or Cassiodorus, intended to lend a witty verisimilitude to a knowingly derivative origin myth. ref Jordanes does not give the etymology, but many scholars interpret ... historians, Jordanes account of the Goths history in Oium was constructed from his reading of earlier ... to other historians, Jordanes narrative has little relation to Cassiodorus , ref Amory, Patrick ... as a source for the period Kulikowski, Michael Rome s Gothic Wars , p. 66. ref Jordanes Settlement Jordanes states that king Filimer led the Goths in a search for suitable lands and when they arrived ..., the bridge fell into ruin, and so no one else could pass into the area anymore. According to Jordanes ... . ref citation author Jordanes title Getica IV 27 url http www.ucalgary.ca vandersp Courses texts ..., p. 16. ref Merger with Scythian, Dacian, Thracian and Hittite history from classic sources Jordanes ... THE ORIGIN AND DEEDS OF THE GOTHS by JORDANES translated by Charles C. Mierow ref Jordanes wrote ... to Jordanes, their royal line had originated near the sea of Azov, then moved northward toward Scandzia ... October 2007 Jordanes also merges Hittite history with that of the Goths, writing that a Gothic king ... the Egyptians all the way back to Egypt. ref name GeticaVI Jordanes , Getica , http www.ucalgary.ca ... . ref name GeticaVII Jordanes , Getica , http www.ucalgary.ca vandersp Courses texts jordgeti.html VII ... as being successful. ref name GeticaX Jordanes , Getica , http www.ucalgary.ca vandersp Courses ... s so much that they returned. ref name Getica65 Jordanes , Getica , http www.ucalgary.ca vandersp ... Mierow , 1915 ref According to Jordanes, a king named Sitalces wanted revenge much later, and gathered ... Jordanes , Getica , http www.ucalgary.ca vandersp Courses texts jordgeti.html X chapter X 66 link ... more details
Vinoviloth are one of the tribes in Scandinavia mentioned by Jordanes in The Origin and Deeds of the Goths De origine actibusque Getarum in the 6th century CE. ref http www.thelatinlibrary.com iordanes1.html De origine actibusque Getarum . See also http www.ucalgary.ca vandersp Courses texts jordgeti.html English translation. ref It has been suggested that they would have been the same as Kvens of the past Kvens ref See Svennung, J. Jordanes und Scandia. Kritisch exegetische Studien. Uppsala 1967 . ref or Winnili ref See Christie, Neil. The Lombards The Ancient Longobards The Peoples of Europe Series . ISBN 978 0631211976. ref possibly Kvens from Finnveden . Sometimes Vingulmark is also mentioned. Jordanes writes blockquote And there are beyond these the sterg tland Eastern Geats Ostrogothae , Romerike Raumarici , Ranrike Aeragnaricii , and the most gentle Sami people Finni , milder than all the inhabitants of Scandinavia Scandza . Like them are the Vinoviloth also. blockquote Besides Getarum , the Vinoviloth are not mentioned anywhere else. See also Portal Ancient Germanic culture List of Germanic tribes Germanic peoples References div class references small references div Category Ancient peoples Category Ancient Germanic peoples Category Germanic peoples Category Ethnic groups in Europe Category History of the Germanic peoples Category Iron Age Europe it Vinoviloth ... more details
Ablabius Greek lang grc or Ablavius was the name of several different people in the ancient world. Ablabius, a physician on whose death there is an epigram by Theosebia in the Greek Anthology Ablabius consul 331 was Praetorian prefect of the East of Constantine I, from 329 to 337 338 Ablabius floruit 4th 5th century wrote a history of the Goths based on Gothic legends and sources, which was used by Cassiodorus and Jordanes Ablabius assassin , a man who attempted to kill Justinian I in 562. hndis bg ca Ablavius de Ablabius ru ... more details
The Quinquegentiani were a tribe in North Africa that revolted against Roman Empire Roman rule in the late 3rd Century and were put down by the forces of Maximianus Herculius . References Jordanes. History of the Goths in Geary, Patrick J. Readings in Medieval History . p. 91 Category Military history of ancient Rome Category Roman Empire AncientRome mil stub ca Quinquegentians fr Quinquegentanei it Quinquegentiani ... more details
Berig is a legendary king of the Goths appearing in the Getica by Jordanes . According to Jordanes, Berig led his people on three ships from Scandza Scandinavia to Gothiscandza the Vistula River Vistula Basin . ref citation author Jordanes url http www.ucalgary.ca vandersp Courses texts jordgeti.html IV title Getica 25 editor last Charles Christopher Mierow ref They settled and then attacked the Rugians who lived on the shore and drove them away from their homes, subsequently winning a battle against the Vandals . ref citation author Jordanes url http www.ucalgary.ca vandersp Courses texts jordgeti.html LX title Getica 313 editor last Mierow ref The name is said to stem from the Gothic language Gothic Bairika , which translates as Little Bear . A Danish historian, Arne S by has nontheless proposed that Cassiodorus , who wrote the original text on which Jordanes work is based, invented him, with inspiration from the name of Berikos or Verica . ref citation author Arne S by Christensen title Cassiodorus, Jordanes, and the History of the Goths. Studies in a Migration Myth url http www.mtp.hum.ku.dk details.asp?eln 200114 year 2002 isbn 978 87 7289 710 3 pages 303 ref Recent archaeological research demonstrates that the transition of Oksywie culture into Wielbark culture was peaceful. Its timing coincides with the appearance of new population of Scandinavian origins in previously uninhabited area no man s land between the Oksywie and Przeworsk culture areas. ref Kokowski 1999 ref The 16th century Swedish archbishop of Uppsala , Johannes Magnus in his history of the Swedes and Goths, was the first to publish a song known as the Ballad of Eric , about an early Gothic king called Eric, who bears some similarities to Berig. It was once thought to contain authentic folk tradition about the king, but it is now regarded as fake. ref name NF1907 citation author K.R. Geete title Nordisk familjebok year 1907 url http runeberg.org nfbg 0426.html contribution Eriksvisan ref ... more details
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The Getica is a historical book written by Jordanes in which he mixes the Goths with the Getae . It was given a critical edition by Theodor Mommsen in 1882. ref Iordanis Romana et Getica . Monumenta Germaniae historica , Auctores antiquissimi , 5. Berlin Weidmannsche Buchhandlung Weidmann , 1883. ref It may also refer to Getica Dio , a historical book which Suidas , Jordanes , and Freculphus attribute to Cassius Dio , while Philostratus sees Dio Chrysostom as its author. ref cite book last Smith first William authorlink William Smith lexicographer title Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology origyear 1849 url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 1035.html format accessdate 2007 05 14 pages 1029 ref Getica , a work on the history of the Getae by Criton of Heraclea , which was at the basis of Emperor Trajan s own work, Dacica or De bello dacico , about his Trajan s Dacian Wars Dacian Wars Getica , a history book by the Romanians Romanian historian and archaeologist Vasile P rvan . Published in 1926 in literature 1926 , it covers the ancient history of the Geto Dacians . References reflist disambig AncientRome stub Dacia stub ... more details
Image with unknown copyright status removed Image Mierow.jpg right Charles Christopher Mierow 1883 1961 ref http apps.carleton.edu curricular clas departmental history ref was an American academic. He had a Princeton Ph.D. in classical languages and literature, and was known as a translator. In years the 1923 1924 and 1925 1934 he was president of Colorado College . He was appointed professor of biography at Carleton College , a position he held from 1935 to 1951. Works He translated into English from Latin Getica Jordanes The Origin And Deeds Of The Goths of Jordanes . ref http www.ucalgary.ca vandersp Courses texts jordgeti.html online ref Other works include translation from Otto of Freising Charles Christopher Mierow, ed. The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa. By Otto of Freising and his continuator, Rahewin translated and annotated with an introduction by Charles Christopher Mierow with the collaboration of Richard Emery, reprinted from the 1956 edition ISBN 978 0 231 13419 4 on http www.h net.org reviews showrev.cgi?path 212141126285603 AC Notes Reflist External links http www.coloradocollege.edu library SpecialCollections Presidents.html Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mierow ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1883 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1961 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mierow Category 1883 births Category 1961 deaths Category American classical scholars Category American translators US academic bio stub ... more details
Sangiban was a fifth century Alans Alan king at the time of Attila s invasion of Gaul 451 . He was the successor of Goar as king of the Alan foederati settled in the region around Aurelianum modern day Orl ans . According to Jordanes , Sangiban had promised Attila before the Battle of Ch lons to open the city gates and deliver Aurelianum to the Huns . Suspecting this, the Romans and Visigoths put Sangiban in the center of the line opposing the Huns, where they could prevent him from defecting. Thus the Alans bore the main brunt of the Hunnic assault, while the Goths were able to flank the Huns and ultimately drive them back. Jordanes does not record whether Sangiban survived the battle. But in any case, the Alans of Aurelianum were conquered by the Visigoths a few years later and incorporated into the Visigoths Kingdom of Toulouse Gothic Kingdom of Toulouse . See also Battle of Ch lons Flavius Aetius References http www.romansonline.com persns.asp?IntID 5301&Ename Sangiban Sangiban http www.ucalgary.ca vandersp Courses texts jordgeti.html attila THE ORIGIN AND DEEDS OF THE GOTHS Category Sarmatians Category Alans Category 5th century monarchs in Europe fr Sangiban nl Sangiban pl Sangiban ru sk Sangiban ... more details
Geberic was a Monarch king of the Goths of the fourth century AD. ref Jordanes , Getica . ref He succeeded Ariaric and conquered Dacia , which had become the territory of the Vandals , around 340 AD. The Vandals had been led by their king Visimar . Their defeat led to the Vandals seeking and obtaining permission to settle in Pannonia . Gerberic spent the rest of his life fighting and died around 350 AD. Geberic was succeeded by Hermanaric Eormenric, Iormunrekr . Notes reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Geberic ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 350 PLACE OF DEATH Category Gothic people Category 350 deaths bg ca Geberic fr G b ric fy Geberik it Geberico nl Geberic ru ... more details
Balamber Balamir is only mentioned by Jordanes in his Getica , ref Jordanes, Getica 130, 248 and 249. ref abbreviated c. 550CE from memory of Cassiodorus s History of the Goths ref Citation last Mitchell first Stephen title A history of the later Roman Empire, AD 284 641. year 2007 isbn 978 1 4051 0856 0 publisher Blackwell location Oxford ref . Jordanes simply called him king of the Huns rex Hunnorum and tells us the story of Balamber crushing the kingdom of Ostrogoths in around 375. ref JORDANES. THE ORIGIN AND DEEDS OF THE GOTHS. translated by Charles C. Mierow. Scanned and corrected by J. Vanderspoel, Department of Greek, Latin and Ancient History, University of Calgary http people.ucalgary.ca vandersp Courses texts jordgeti.html accessed 22nd April 2012. ref Balamber s story seems historically improbable. ref According to Ammianus Marcellinus , the Huns had no kings at that time. Ammianus Marcellinus, Res gestae 31,2,7. ref ref name Thompson1996 Citation last Thompson first E.A. year 1996 title The Huns edition Revised series The Peoples of Europe isbn 0631214437 publisher Blackwell location Oxford ref He may well be a version of the better attested Valamir , displaced in time and confused with stories of the Hunnic assault on the Goths. ref Heather, Peter. The fall of the Roman Empire. A new history. Paperback 2006, Pan Books, ISBN 978 0 330 4936 5. Hardback London, Macmillan, 2005. pp 356 357. ref Valamir Valamer Balamber was an important Gothic vassal of Attila the Hun in the 400s, ref citation title The prosopography of the later Roman Empire, vol. 2, A.D 395 527. publisher Cambridge University Press last Martindale first J.R. year 1980 edition Fourth printing 2006 ISBN 978 0 521 20159 9 pp. 1135 1136 ref who after Attila s death resisted the Huns and consolidated his hold over a large group of Goths. ref Heather, Peter. The fall of the Roman Empire. A new history. Paperback 2006, Pan Books, ISBN 978 0 330 4936 5. Hardback London, Macmillan, 2005. pp ... more details
Heraclius died March 16, 455 was an influential eunuch of the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III . Biography Heraclius was an eunuch ref name prosper Prosper. ref ref name marcellinus Marcellinus. ref ref name jordanes Jordanes. ref ref name john201 John of Antioch, fragment 201. ref ref name theophanes Theophanes. ref and the primicerius sacri cubiculi ref name john201 of the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III, on whom he had a great influence. ref name prosper ref name john201 Heraclius was an enemy of the powerful general Flavius Aetius Aetius , and allied himself with the senator Petronius Maximus , who also opposed Aetius. ref name john201 The two of them convinced Valentinian that Aetius wanted to kill him, and the Emperor killed Aetius in 454. ref name prosper Prosper. ref ref name theophanes Theophanes. ref ref name hydathius Hydatius. ref ref name john John of Antioch. ref However, his alliance with Petronius ended with the death of Aetius when Petronius asked to be conferred the consulship and the patriciate, Heraclius advised Valentinian to refuse. ref name john201 One year later, in 455, Optila and Thraustila, two barbarian officers in Valentinian s service but loyal to Aetius, killed the Emperor by order of Petronius while Valentinian was on the Campus Martius to train with the bow on the same occasion, Thraustila killed Heraclius. ref name prosper ref name marcellinus ref name jordanes ref name john201 ref Evagrius Scholasticus. ref ref Ralph Mathisen, http www.roman emperors.org petmax.htm Petronius Maximus 17 March 455 22 May 455 , De Imperatoribus Romanis , 1997 ref Notes Reflist 2 Bibliography Primary sources Evagrius Scholasticus , ii.7 Hydatius , 160 Jordanes , Romana , 334 John of Antioch chronicler John of Antioch , fragments 200 201 Marcellinus Comes , s.a. 455 Prosper of Aquitaine , s.a. 454 455 Theophanes the Confessor , AM 5946 Victor of Tunnuna , s.a. 455 Secondary sources Arnold Hugh Martin Jones Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin , John Rob ... more details
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