FASTI ROMANI ROME AND CONSTANTINOPLE

Chloratius the kid’s great uncles. The Goths apply to the
Franks for aid: p.16AB. Leutharis and Butilinus Lombards
in the service of Theudebald agree to assist them against
Narses with 75,000 men: I.7 p.19 A B a 75,000 young men
army from Alamans and Franks was raised. Agathias I.11-
18 relates that Narses besieged Aligertus the brother of
Teias in Cumæ (which had been besieged a year), occupied
Florence and other towns of Tuscany, detached and army to
engage the Franks who had now crossed the Po: p.22 B it
was announced that they had crossed the river Po. That
Lucca held out against Narses, and that his forces were
defeated by the Franks near Parma; that after 3 months’
siege he took Lucca: p. 30 C after the spent three months of
rubbing in the besiege. This winter was now come: p.30 D
he was doing these around the winter solstice. Narses went
to Ravenna: p.31 C. Aligernus surrendered Cumæ: p.32.
Narses repulses a body of franks at Ravenna and then
winters at Rome: I.22 p.34 D and he arrived in Ravenna
and after he arranged everything to the best possible he
departed for Rome where he wintered. The winter of A.D.
553/4; and lib.I brings down the narrative to the winter of the
19 th year of the war in Italy and of the 27 th of Justinian’s
reign.
Joannes Epiphaniensis also continued Procopius: E-
802 FASTI
A.D. 1 CONSULS 2 EVENTS
of Aerobindus.-Dat. Id. Febr. CP. imp. D.N. &c.anno XXVI post Basilii V.C.
cons.anno XII. In Nov.145 for VI Id. Sept. read VI Id. Febr. That the years XXVI and
XII amy correspond.
554 1307. Post cons. Basilii
XIII
O. M. S. Annon. apud
Marcellin. Chron. Pasch.
Justiniani Nov. 147.
Of-non consul (anypata)
B.
Post. Cons. Basil. Annos
XIV V.
Justiniani 28 from Kal. April.
The war in Italy is described by Agathias. With the beginning of spring-already the
spring was arrived (the spring A.D.554)-the army of Narses is in the field: II.1 p.35 A.
The Franks and Alamanni waste and plunder Italy as afar as Lucania and the straits of
Messina: p. 35 D. When summer was come-the time of summer was culminated (it
was summer) p.36 D.-Leutharis with his division of the force on his return is repulsed
by Picenum and loses his booty, and in Venetia is cut off by a pestilence: II.2.3
Meanwhile the Franks under Butelinus the other leader began to be wasted by disease,
the autumn being now arrived-the autumn being commenced p.39 A. But, when he
reached Capua on his return, he had still 30,000 men to oppose to 18,000 Romans: II.4.
The Franks however are utterly routed by Narses and their leader slain: II.6-9,
Butelinus himself and all the army they were totally destroyed p.46 A. Narses
blockades 7,000 Goths in Campsæ, which consumes the following the following
winter: II.13.14. he spent the winter dealing with them p.50B. The winter of 554/5.
On this campaign in Italy conf. Paulum Diac. XVIII p.575 Langobart. II.2.
An earthquake in August: Malal. XVIII p.231 in August of the 2 nd indiction [Aug.
A.D.554] happened a terrible earthquake, so many houses were damaged etc. in
Byzantium.- and that earthquake lasted for 40 days. Theophanes p.194 A Justiniani
this year was the 27 th (of Justinian), August 15 th of the 2 nd indiction-a terrible
earthquake happened so many houses were destroyed etc.-and a large part of
Nicomedia fell down (was leveled).-it lasted-40 days. Cedrennus p.384 D at the 27 th