204:, consoling Gundobad on the death of a daughter whose name is not mentioned, gives details that suggest there was more to the story. According to the explication of Danuta Shanzer and Ian Wood of Avitus' notoriously difficult Latin, the bishop writes, "In the past, with ineffable tender-heartedness, you mourned the deaths of your brothers." Further, Avitus alludes to Gundobad's intent to marry his deceased daughter to a foreign ruler, whom they suggest was Clovis: "Indeed," they write, "Clovis is really the only likely candidate as a prospective son-in-law for Gundobad shortly after 501." If their reading is correct, then it is likely that Clotilde was offered to Clovis as an act of diplomacy, not subservience.
34:
333:, Gundobad is stated to have published this code of law on 29 March of the second year of his reign (474 or 475). However, there are a number of inconsistencies in this ascription, and L. R. deSalis proposed a restored version of this passage which does not include a date—which would better fit the reign of his son, Sigismund. Although she accepts the strong likelihood that the
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Gundobad later broke his promise of tribute as he regained his power and besieged
Godegisel, trapped in the city of Vienne. As famine devoured Vienne, Godegisel expelled the common people from the city for fear of his own survival. An outraged expelled artisan seeking vengeance on Godegisel went to
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Gregory of Tours states the battle with
Gundobad's third brother, Godegisel, raged long. Unaware of the other's actions, each called upon Clovis trying to persuade him to join forces against the other. Clovis sided with Godegisel, who had offered him his pleasure of tribute; Wood observes that
295:. According to Herwig Wolfram, the Burgundians were "the real victims of the Ostrogothic counteroffensive" following the defeat of their cousins at Vouillé. "Not only had they lost all their conquered territories and hope of acquiring Arles and Avignon but all their territory as far as
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on a mission to ransom as many of these captives as possible. Accompanied by Bishop Victor of Turin, they crossed the Alps in March. Shanzer and Wood believe
Epiphanius was possibly also entrusted with a mission in connection with the marriage of Gundobad's son
145:. However, not long after this Gundobad left for Burgundy where his father, Gundioc, had died; the exact date is unclear, with authorities stating it was in either 473 or 474. Once in Burgundy, his three brothers presumably challenged his rule:
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Clovis' wife, Clotilde, whose father had been killed by
Gundobad, "was not likely to encourage good relations between the Franks and the Burgundians." Together they crushed Gundobad's force. Gundobad fled but King Clovis pursued him to
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Next killed was
Chilperic. According to Gregory, Gundobad had his wife drowned by tying a stone round her neck and Chilperic's two daughters driven into exile. The older daughter, Chroma, became a nun. The other,
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Following the death of King Clovis of the Franks in 511, the
Burgundians became the most prestigious people in Gaul. Gundobad was favored by the court of Constantinople, which awarded him the title of
256:. Gundobad feared the worst with Clovis's army at the gates. But Aridius went from Gundobad to Clovis and convinced him to spare Gundobad in return for a yearly tribute. The chronicler
177:, who wrote almost a century later. According to Gregory, Gundobad set about ridding himself of his brothers. First slain was Gundomar, though little is known of this encounter.
223:, and carried away an unknown number of victims into captivity, if not slavery. Once Theodoric had killed Odoacer and was securely in control of Italy, he sent bishop
193:, who told their master of her beauty and intelligence. Clovis then asked Gundobad for Clotilde's hand in marriage. Gundobad was said to have been afraid to deny him.
244:, the "king's brother", and not king—again contradicting Gregory of Tours' later account. Ennodius notes that "more than six thousand souls" were so ransomed; from
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as we have it was the product of
Sigismund's reign, Katherine Fisher Drew still argues that a core of this law code is the product of Gundobad or his chancellery.
291:, which had been hovering off the Italian shore around the time of the battle, the Ostrogothic army arrived to relieve the Burgundian siege of
162:
833:
173:
The events of the first decades of
Gundobad's reign are not well known. The only available source that covers this part of his reign is
283:, Gundobad supported Clovis in this battle. Isidore also provides a hint that Gundobad exploited the Visigothic defeat by plundering
818:
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756:
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Gundobad, and with his help he navigated the aqueduct and broke into the city. Gundobad murdered
Godegisel in 501 in an
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and
Gundomar. Ian Wood speculates that Gundobad's departure may have been connected with the arrival of a new emperor,
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364:
includes a group of letters which discuss obtaining and sending a time piece to Gundobad as a diplomatic present.
275:. He was one of several rulers to whom king Theoderic sent letters urging peace, and asking for mediation between
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and Clovis. Despite Theoderic's best efforts, the two kings met at Vouillé, and Alaric was slain; according to
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provide glimpses of Gundobad's intellectual side. Avitus, a Nicene bishop, answers questions posed by an
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126:, who had been the power behind the throne for the Western Empire, died on 18 August 472. According to
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At this point occurs the earliest firm date in Gundobad's reign: in the early months of 490, while
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The Life of Saint Epiphanius by Ennodius: A translation with an introduction and commentary
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157:, who had the support of the Roman Emperor in Constantinople. Once Julius Nepos landed in
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219:, the Burgundians seized the opportunity to invade northwestern Italy. They devastated
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The next event about which information has survived is Gundobad's role concerning the
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470:, translated by Thomas J. Dunlap (Berkeley: University of California, 1988), p. 281
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Once in power, Gundobad elevated the current Count of the Domestics,
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in 472–473, three years before its collapse, succeeding his uncle
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655:(Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1972), pp. 5–8, 17
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The Burgundian code: book of constitutions or law of Gundobad
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Isidore of Seville's History of the Goths, Vandals, and Suevi
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The Age of Attila: Fifth-Century Byzantium and the Barbarians
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319:, who would succeed his brother after his execution in 524.
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603:, second revised edition (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970), p. 18
483:, pp. 136–147; translated in Sr. Genevieve Marie Cook,
130:, Gundobad had previously executed the deposed emperor
412:(Harvard: Loeb Classical Library, 1972), vol. 3 p. 531
122:
Gundobad seized the title of Patrician when his uncle
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with ancient Germanic customs. He was the husband of
383:(Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1966), pp. 122f
352:about religion in several letters, showing a great
37:Whimsical statuette of Gundobad on a facade of the
770:
311:Gundobad died peacefully, succeeded by his son
161:(June 474), he deposed Glycerius, whom he made
441:(Liverpool: University Press, 2002), p. 210.
439:Avitus of Vienne, letters and selected prose
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215:were locked in battle over control of
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834:Ancient Romans from unknown gentes
426:History of the Franks in Ten Books
408:, 7.36. Translated in J.C. Rolfe,
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80:(473–516), succeeding his father
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232:to Theodoric's daughter
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26:Not to be confused with
134:on his uncle's orders.
794:Ancient Roman generals
379:Cited in C.D. Gordon,
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39:Place du Bourg-de-Four
238:Magnus Felix Ennodius
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597:History of the Goths
468:History of the Goths
410:Ammianus Marcellinus
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66:Gondebaud, Gondovald
21:Clash of the Princes
799:Burgundian warriors
406:Anonymus Valesianus
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556:Gregory of Tours,
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711:Burgundians
346:Cassiodorus
344:Avitus and
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784:516 deaths
773:Categories
683:, I.45, 46
526:Ennodius,
509:Ennodius,
479:Ennodius,
368:References
234:Ostrogotho
118:Early life
829:Regicides
721:Sigismund
665:Epistulae
625:Wolfram,
614:The Goths
595:Isidore,
534:, p. 101.
517:, p. 103.
500:, pp. 17f
313:Sigismund
277:Alaric II
230:Sigismund
147:Godegisel
139:Glycerius
132:Anthemius
108:Roman law
90:patrician
824:Patricii
751:472–473
715:473–516
700:Gunderic
629:, p. 312
454:, p. 208
323:Learning
285:Narbonne
187:Clovis I
183:Clotilde
112:Caretene
86:Burgundy
50:Gundobad
28:Gundabad
757:Orestes
745:of the
736:Ricimer
709:of the
669:History
642:, p. 51
586:, III.2
571:History
558:History
547:, p. 43
317:Godomar
254:Avignon
221:Liguria
209:Odoacer
124:Ricimer
98:Ricimer
82:Gundioc
76:of the
761:In 475
681:Variae
671:, 2.33
651:Drew,
638:Wood,
584:Variae
573:, 2.33
560:, 2.32
543:Wood,
428:, 2.28
392:Wood,
362:Variae
342:bishop
297:Orange
202:Vienne
198:Avitus
191:Franks
159:Portus
62:French
43:Geneva
293:Arles
266:Arian
246:Lyons
217:Pavia
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