See also:

• MARIUS, GAIUS (r55–86 B.c.)

MARIUS OF AVENCHES (or AVENTICUM) (d. S93 or 594)  , chronicler and ecclesiastic, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the neighbourhood of See also:

• AUTUN

Autun probably in 53o, and became See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Avenches about 573 . In addition to being a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good bishop, See also:

• MARIUS, GAIUS (r55–86 B.c.)

Marius was a See also:

• CLEVER

clever See also:

• GOLDSMITH
• GOLDSMITH, LEWIS (c. 1763–1846)
• GOLDSMITH, OLIVER (1728–1774)

goldsmith; he was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• MACON
• MACON, NATHANIEL (1758-1837)

Macon in 585, and transferred the seat of his bishopric from Avenches to See also:

• LAUSANNE

Lausanne . He died on the 31st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 593 or 594 . As a continuation of the Chronicon of Prosper of See also:

• AQUITAINE

Aquitaine, Marius wrote a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short Chronicon dealing with the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period from 455 to 58r; and although he borrowed from various See also:

• SOURCES

sources his See also:

• WORK

work has some importance for the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy . Regarding himself and his See also:

• LAND

land as still under the authority of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, he See also:

• DATES

dates his Chronicon according to the years of the Roman consuls and of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Roman emperors . The only extant See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript of the Chronicon is in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum . Among several See also:

• EDITIONS

editions may be mentioned the one in the Monumenta Germaniae historice, chronica minors, See also:

• BAND

Band II . (1893), with introduction by T . See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen . See also W . See also:

• ARNDT, ERNST MORITZ (1769-1860)
• ARNDT, JOHANN (1555-1621)

Arndt, Bischof Marius von Aventicum (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1875) ; and W . See also:

• WATTENBACH, WILHELM (1819–1897)

Wattenbach, Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen, Bd .

I . (1904) .