Metz
| Type: | Other |
|---|---|
| Certainty: | Certain |
| From: | 451 |
| To: | 451 |
| Town: | Metz |
| Original text: | [Chuni] in ipsa sanctae paschae vigilia ad Mettinsem urbem reliqua depopulando perveniunt, tradentes urbem incendium populum in ore gladii trucidantes ipsusque sacerdotes Domini ante sacrosancta altaria perimentes. |
| Translation text: | They [the Huns] came to the town of Metz, so people say, on Easter Eve. They burned the town to the ground, slaughtered the populace with the sharp edge of their swords and killed the priests of the Lord in front of their holy altars. |
Sources
| Name | Title | Reference | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregorius, Historiarum | Gregorii episcopi Turonensis historiarum libri decem | 2.6 | 573 | 594 |