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Majorian killed at Dertona; Severus takes his place

The Chronicle of Marcellinus Comes records under the consulship of Dagalaifus and Severinus (AD 461; OCR 'DAGALAIPI ET SEVERINI') that Majorian Caesar was killed at Dertona beside the river called Hira, and that Severus seized his place.

Limits: A Latin chronicle written at Constantinople c. 518-534, used through Mommsen's 1894 edition (MGH AA 11) as Internet Archive OCR text (page images not checked); the English is an AI working translation. Mommsen's apparatus records manuscript variants for the place and river names (Dercona/Terdona/Destliona; Hira/Hyra), and his margin note (OCR 'Jiai. ini.', apparently 'Ital. 461') refers to a parallel in the Italian consular annals, not checked here. The chronicle calls Majorian 'Caesar' and says Severus 'invaded' (seized) his place.

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Source: Marcellinus Comes, Chronicon (Latin), ed. Th. Mommsen, MGH Auctores antiquissimi 11 (Chronica minora II), 1894Read the source