Capture of Barcelona
The Annales regni Francorum report that Barcelona in Spain was captured in summer 801 after a two-year siege.
What this does and does not establish
Pinned Wikisource raw revision 264822. Line 251 previously reports Zatun's submission of Barcelona in 797; the intervening reversal is not explained in the passages examined. The siege duration is the annalist's claim.
- Read through an AI working translation.
- Region
- Europe
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- DCCCI, summer
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Read arf.wikitext lines 291–341, plus 249–261 for the earlier Barcelona account. The original DCCCI marker is at line 301; its opening Christmas coronation belongs to December 800 and is excluded. The narrative proceeds through departure from Rome on VII Kal. Mai. (25 April), line 307, and the feast of John the Baptist (24 June), line 311, to 'Ipsa aestate' at excerpt line 313. October follows at line 315, before DCCCII at line 319. This places the capture securely in summer Julian AD 801. Original quotation begins at line 313, character 64765.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Annales regni Francorum
Frankish court annalists
Quoted text (Latin)
Ipsa aestate capta est Barcinona civitas in Hispania iam biennio obsessa;AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
That summer the city of Barcelona in Spain was captured, having already been besieged for two years;
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Exact source version
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