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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 2, 18. How Childeric Came to Orleans, and Odovacar to Angers
Childeric fought at Orleans. Odovacar,1 with his Saxons, came to Angers. At that time a great pestilence ravaged the population. Aegidius died,2 leaving a son named Syagrius. After his death, Odovacar took hostages from Angers and other places. The Bretons were driven from Bourges by the Goths, and lost many men at Bourg-de-Déols.3 Count Paul, with Roman and Frankish forces, made war on the Goths and carried off booty. Odovacar having come to Angers, King Childeric arrived the following day; and the king took the city, after Count Paul had been slain. On that day the church house was burned in a great fire.
Notes
- Adovacrius.
- In 464.
- About 468.