Frankish War (428)
Frankish war of 428 | |
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Part of Germania Secunda | |
Result | Roman victory |
The Frankish War (428) was a short military conflict between the
Background
Around 400, the Frankish people consisted of two subgroups, the Salian Franks and the Ripuarian Franks, of which the Salians resided within the Roman Empire as foederati. In the province
The invasion of the Franks
According to
The campaign of Aetius
Finally a Roman army was brought against him under the command of
Aetius army force and victory
In addition to the Comitatenses, the Gallic field army, Aetius had access to a large section Hun soldiers, who were famous for their skill as ridden archers. It was a logical decision to quickly send the ride army of Aetius to Gaul to stop the advance of the Franks in the far north. Aetius himself led the army against Chlodio and defeated the Salic Franks in 428. He then restored Roman power over part of the territory they had taken possession of.[8]
Sources and interpretation
The story of this war is extremely succinct. Only in three contemporary sources is the conflict mentioned:
Primary sources
- Philostorgius
- Prosper
- Chronica Gallica of 452
- Cassiodorus
Secondary sources
- Demougeot, Émilienne (1988), L'Empire romain et les Barbares d'Occident, IV-VIIe siècle
- Kurth, Godefroit (1896), Clovis
- Lebecq, Stéphane (1990), Nouvelle histoire de la France médiévale, « Points. Histoire » (no 201), vol. 1 : Les origines franques, ve – ixe siècle, Paris: Éditions du Seuil
- Sivan, Hagith (2011), Galla Placidia: The Last Roman Empress, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780195379129
- Wood, Ian (1974), The Merovingian Kingdoms 450 - 751
References
- Notitia dignitatum
- ^ Sozomen, IX.13.
- ^ Sivan 2011, p. 171.
- ^ Wood 1974, p. 36.
- ^ Kurth 1896, p. 159-162.
- ^ Lebecq 1990, p. 39.
- ^ Demougeot 1988, p. 288.
- ^ Hughes, Aetius: Attila's Nemesis, 29–32; McEvoy, Child Emperor Rule in the Late Roman West, 245
- ^ Philostorgius, xii.4; Prosper s.a. 425 and 428; Chronica Gallia 452, 102 (s.a. 427); Cassiodorus, Chronica, s.a. 428. Cited in Jones, p. 22.
- ^ source: Sidonius Apollaris, Carmen V.212 sqq. Cp. Prosper, sub a.