Trier (region)

Type:

Elite presence

Certainty:

Region

From:

530

To:

535

Town:

Trier

Original text:

... Attalus, nepus baeti Gregori Lingonici episcopi, ad publicum servitium mancipatus est custusque equorum distinatus. Erat enim intra Treverici termini territurio cuidam barbaro serviens.

Translation text:

... Attalus, a nephew of Saint Gregory, Bishop of Langres; he was reduced to state labour and was set to groom horses. He lived somewhere near Trier and had a certain Frank as his master

Persons:

Role	Name	Reason type	Reason
Other	Attalus	Other	Roman aristocrat reduced to slavery
Other	a certain barbarian	Residence	Possibly a Frankish elite in public office

Publications:

Luckhardt 2020: 164-170?
Van Dam 2011: 102
James 1998: 61
Weidemann 1982: 288
Goffart 1989: 189, n. 106.

Sources

Name	Title	Reference	From	To
Gregorius, Historiarum	Gregorii episcopi Turonensis historiarum libri decem	3.15	573	594