English In these times during the eighth indiction (A. D. 680) the moon suffered an eclipse; also an eclipse of the sun occurred at...

English Then Cunincpert, seeing that his men had lost, straightway showed himself to them, and taking away their fear, strengthened their...

English Cunincpert dispatched a messenger to him, sending him word that he would engage with him in single combat; that there was no need...

English In fine, on a certain day when he was counting solidi upon a table, one tremisses • fell from that table, which the son of Aldo,...

English Alahis indeed gave birth to the iniquity he had long since conceived, and with the help of Aldo and Grauso, citizens of Brexia,...

English And while they were living in great peace and had tranquility around them on every side, there arose against them a son of...

English But Grimuald indeed having remained in the palace on the ninth day after the use of the lancet, took his bow and when he...

English At this time an army of the Franks, coming forth from Provincia (Provence), entered into Italy. Grimuald advanced against them...

English And when after some time the king asked Unulf whether he would then like to be with Perctarit, he answered with an oath that he...

English But what cannot an evil tongue interrupt? For presently certain wicked flatterers coming to the king declared to him that unless...

English Aripert then, after he had ruled at Ticinum for nine years, died,s leaving the kingdom to be governed by his two sons, Perctarit...

English But king Rothari indeed, after he had held the sovereignty sixteen years and four months, departed from life I and left the...

English While their king, that is the Cagan, was ranging around the walls in full armor with a great company of horsemen to find out from...

English In the following year duke Ariulf who had succeeded Faruald at Spoletium (Spoleto) died. This Ariulf, when he had waged war...

English In this place the messengers of the emperor came to them announcing that his army was at hand to aid them and saying: "After...

English When Justin was dead Tiberius Constantine, the fiftieth of the Roman emperors, assumed the sovereignty. While he was still Caesar...

English During these times, as was stated above,' Justin the younger ruled at Constantinople, a man given to every kind of avarice, a...

English Some of the dukes of the Langobards then, with a strong army invaded Gaul.' Hospitius, a man of God, who had been cloistered at...

English When they had thus been killed, the prefect Longinus sent Albsuinda with the treasures of the Langobards to Constantinople to the...

English The city of Ticinum (Pavia) at this time held out bravely, withstanding a siege more than three years, while the army of the...