The ''Chronica Gallica of 452'', also called the ''Gallic Chronicle of 452'', is a Latin chronicle of

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, presented in the form of annals, which continues

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. It was edited by

Theodor Mommsen Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (; 30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th cent ...

in the ''

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'' as ''Chronica Gallica A. CCCCLII'', along with another anonymous Gallic chronicle, the ''

Chronica Gallica of 511 The ''Chronica'' or ''Cronaca Gallica of 511'', also called the ''Gallic Chronicle of 511'', is a chronicle of late antiquity preserved today in a single manuscript of the thirteenth century now in Madrid. It resembles in all its traits another lat ...

''. The chronicle begins in 379 with the elevation of

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as co-emperor, and ends with the attack of

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, king of the

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, on Italy in 452. The contents focus on

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, the emperors and the popes, while events in the eastern part of the empire find little mention. It is the oldest preserved historical work from Gaul. The place of origin is controversial, but most likely somewhere in the

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Valley or, as some suggest, specifically

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. The ''Chronica Gallica of 511'', edited in the same MGH volume, also begins with Theodosius, but covers the period up to 511.

Sources

*MGH Auctores antiquissimi 9: Chronica minora saec. IV. V. VI. VII. (I). ed. Theodor Mommsen. Berlin 1892, p. 615–666, Digitalised. (Text: p. 646ff. and each second page 48, 650 etc. *Richard Burgess: The Gallic Chronicle of 452: A New Critical Edition with a Brief Introduction. In: Ralph W. Mathisen, Danuta Shanzer (eds.): Society and Culture in Late Antique Gaul. Revisiting the Sources. Aldershot 2001, p. 52ff. *Steven Muhlberger: The Fifth-Century Chroniclers: Prosper, Hydatius, and the Gallic Chronicler of 452. Leeds 1990. *Jan-Markus Kötter, Carlo Scardino (Hrsg.): ''Gallische Chroniken'' (= '' Kleine und fragmentarische Historiker der Spätantike'' G 7–8). Schöningh, Paderborn 2016, {{ISBN, 978-3-506-78489-6. French chronicles 452 5th-century history books 5th-century Latin books