Loire (river)

Type:Elite presence
Certainty:Region
From:575
To:576
Original text:His diebus Roccolenus, ab Chilperico missus, Toronus advenit [...] et ultra Legerem castra ponens [...] cum in domo aeclesiae ultra Legerem resederet, domam ipsam, quae clavis adfixerat, dissecet ...
Translation text:Next Roccolen marched on Tours, having received orders to do so from Chilperic [...] he pitched his camp on the further bank of the River Loire [...] He pulled to pieces the church-house on the opposite bank of the Loire, in which he had his quarters. The building was nailed together.
Persons:
RoleNameReason typeReason
OtherRuccolenConflict warAgent of Chilperic
Publications:Wood 1994: 75
Martindale 1992: 1088-1089, s.n. Roccolenus

Sources

NameTitleReferenceFromTo
Gregorius, HistoriarumGregorii episcopi Turonensis historiarum libri decem5.4573594