Magnentius dies near Lugdunum
The Latin consular notice records that Magnentius killed himself in Gaul near Lugdunum in AD 353.
What this does and does not establish
The native transcription and Mommsen's parallel edition transmit the same chronicle and are not independent corroboration. Mommsen's OCR reads 'Gallis' against the transcription's 'Galliis' and corrupts some numerals. Neighboring Greek text and parenthetical manuscript readings belong to the Chronicon Paschale column, not this Latin clause. The following Latin notice separately records his brother Decentius's death by hanging. Eutropius X.12 independently names Lugdunum for Magnentius and Senones for Decentius.
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- 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
- AD 353, August
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
The date reference is this project’s reading of the source’s date. It may give an era name, a reign or a calendar in a normalised form rather than in the source’s own words; the dating notes say what the source prints.
Dating notes from the research record
The explicit 353 heading and 'Constantio VI et Constantio II' identify the civil AD year; the neighboring 352 and 354 headings confirm the consular sequence. Examined the complete physical row 1 of consularia353.txt, fasti-native.htm rows 818–824 including the complete annual row 821, mommsen-1892.txt rows 31569 and 31571–31573 in full with surrounding Latin and Greek columns, and eutropius-x.htm row 99 in full. The Latin occurrence is dated within August under the 353 heading; no exact-day conversion is used. Original quotation begins at line 1, character 47.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Consularia Constantinopolitana (Fasti Hydatiani)
Late antique consular chronicle transmitted under the name of Hydatius; individual authorship uncertain
Quoted text (Latin)
Magnentius se interfecit in Galliis apud LugdunumAI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
Magnentius killed himself in Gaul near Lugdunum.
Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Consularia Constantinopolitana (Fasti Hydatiani), Latin Library transcription; compare Mommsen, Chronica minora I (1892); project English translation.
Exact source version
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