FASTI ROMANI ROME AND CONSTANTINOPLE

Cod. Just. VI. 49,6 Imp. Zeno A. Dioscorio pf.p.pp.
Kal.Sept. CP. Probino et Eusebio conss.
704 FASTI
A.D. 1 CONSULS 2 EVENTS
Eusebius sole 2 nd . Perjuris illectus interfectusque est. Marcellinus has recorded under the first year
the acts of succeeding years. Odoacer retired into Ravenna in 490 and was slain in
Eusebio V. C. cos. V. 493: conf. annos. The anonymous chronographer on the contrary has related under
the second year the transactions of the first: conf.a.490. The particulars of the first
Gruter.p.1057: conf.a.485 campaign are given in Anon. Valesii p.618, 619 § 50.51 Theoderico occurit
venineti Odoachar as fluvium Sontium et ibi pugnans cum eodem victus fugit. At
vero Odoacer abiit in Veronam et fixit fossatum in campo monore Veronensi V
Kal. Oct. [sc. A.D.489] ibique pesrequutus est eum Theodericus et pugna facta
ceciderunt populi ab urtaque parte; tame superatus Odoachar fugit Ravennam
prid. Kal. Oct. et perambulavit Theodericus patricius Madiolanum, et tradiderunt
se illi maxima pars exercitus Odoacris necnon et Tufa magister militum (quem
ordinaverat Odoachar cum optimabimus suis Kal. Aprilis). Eo anno missus est
Tufa magister militum a Theoderico contra Odoacrem Ravennam. Veniens
Faventia Tufa obsedit Odoacrem cum exercitu cum quo directus fuerat, et exit
Odoachar de Ravenna et venit Facentiam et Tufa tradidit Odoacri comites patricii
Theoderici, et missi sunt in ferro ex adducti Ravennam. The first two campaigns,
489, 490, are described by Jornandes Get. c.57 Venetiarum fines ingressus ad
pontem Sontium nuncupatum castrametatus est; quamque ibi ad reficienda corpora
hominum jumentorumque aliquanto tempore resedisset, Odovacer armatum contra eum
direxit exercitum, quem ille ad campos Veronenses occurens magna strage delevit,
castrisque solutis fines Italiæ cum potiore audacia intrat, transactoque Pado amne ad
Ravennam regiam urbem castra componit tertio fere milliario ab urbe, loco qui appellatur
Pineta. Quod cernens Odovacer intus se in urbe communivit. Idem de regn.p.711 Consul
Romanus Theodericus Italiam petit magnisque præliis Odovacrum vicit. Procop. Goth.
I.1.p.308 D (after) travelling the area of the gulf they advanced further ahead to the
Taulantius and the neighboring nations [conf.a.488]. The (followers, army) of Odoacer
faced them in battles and they lost many times they prevented them and their leader to
enter in Ravenna and in particular being the strongest of the other towns. The contest
with Odoacer is described by Ennodius Panegyr. Theod. P.403.404.
490 1243. Longinus II et
Faustus
Marcellin.
Longino et Fausto M.
Longinus 2 nd Zenonis 17 from V Id. Feb.
Second campaign of Theoderic in Italy: Cassiod. Faustus jun. cos. Hoc cos. Ad
Adduam fluvium Odovacrem D.N. Theodericus rex te=rtio certamine superavit,
qui Ravennam fugiens obsidetur inclusus. Anon. Valesii p.619 §53 Fausto et
sole
Longino. His consulibus Odoachar rex exit de Cremona et ambulavit Mediolanum.
Longino II cons. Cod. Just. Tunc venerunt Wisigothæ in adjutorium Theoderici, et facta est pugna super
IX. , 1. Post cons. III flavium Adduam et ceciderunt populi ab utraque parte et occisus est Pierius comes
Longini V. male. Fausto et domesticorum III Id. Aug. et figit Odoachar Ravennam et mox subsequatus est eum
Longino Anon. Valesii p. patricius Theodericus veniens in Pineta, et fixit fossatum, obsidens Odoacrem
Fausto et Longino: Hos coss. clausum per lagationem Theodericus Faustus caput senati ad Zenonem
Theodoricus rex intravit imperatorem et ab eodem sperans vestem se induere regiam. Incert. Chron.