On the reigns of various peoples

Title(s):
  • On the reigns of various peoples
  • Regnorum libri diversarum gentium
    (Regnorum libri diversarum gentium, Books on the reigns of various peoples)
Author:
Period covered:
5th-6th c.
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (ethnic history)
  • Secular history (general)
Remarks:
The work may have been a history of the West or, more likely, a history of the unification of Spain under Visigothic rule. It is attested in a later hagiographical work, which may inspire uncertainty as to its authenticity.
Edition - Translation:
  • P. Van Nuffelen, L. Van Hoof (2020) The fragmentary Latin histories of Late Antiquity (A.D. 300-650): Edition, translation and commentary. Cambridge.
Fragments:
  • Anonymous, Life of Benedict 7
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