Victuriacus castrum

Type:Elite presence
Certainty:Uncertain
From:534
To:534
Town:Vitry-en-Perthois
Original text:Quod ille [Mundericus] cognuscens et se non praevalens defensare, Victuriaci castri murus expetens cum rebus omnibus [...] Igitur commotus exercitus castrum vallat ac per septem dies obsedit
Translation text:He [Munderic] took refuge with all his possessions inside the walls of the fortress of Virtry-le-Brûlé [...] The army which Theuderic had assembled surrounded the fortress and besieged it for seven days.
Persons:
RoleNameReason typeReason
KingTheudericConflict warBesieging Munderic in fortress
OtherMundericConflict warPretender to the throne, taking refuge in fortress
Publications:Baudin 2005: 6-8
Longnon 1878: 408-410
Grahn-Hoek 1976: 168-170
Reimitz 2015: 109-110
Grahn-Hoek 2003

Sources

NameTitleReferenceFromTo
Gregorius, HistoriarumGregorii episcopi Turonensis historiarum libri decem3.14573594