Arbogast the Younger
Arbogast the Younger was a Western Roman comes from Augusta Treverorum (today's Trier ) in the 70s of the 5th century AD . He held this office until probably shortly after 480.
Its existence is proven by two letters that convey at least some information:
- around 475: A letter from Sidonius Apollinaris , the bishop of Arverni ( Clermont-Ferrand ), to Arbogast ( Epistulae 4, 17).
- around 475: A metrical epistle of laudatory praise by Bishop Auspicius of Toul to Arbogast.
Arbogast apparently came from a Romanized Frankish family and was a Catholic Christian; his mother seems to have come from a wealthy Gallo-Roman family. His father Arigius possibly came from Trier and was his predecessor there as comes , so he already held a prominent position. One of the ancestors of comes Arbogast was very probably the Western Roman army master Arbogast the Elder . Arbogast the Younger was evidently highly educated, which emerges from the letter of Sidonius Apollinaris, who saw in him one of the last defenders of the collapsing Western Roman Empire and Roman culture. Arbogast's education and Christian creed are also emphasized in the epistle of Auspicius, where his ancestors are briefly discussed and the comes is praised.
Arbogast ruled with the help of remaining Roman associations and perhaps Franconian foederati in the central Moselle area , i.e. a relatively small area of influence (possibly but Toul was still under his rule), which was quite typical of the political collapse of Gaul at the end of Roman rule. However, he was not subject to any Germanic king and did not use the title rex himself (as was partly assumed in older research), but probably recognized the authority of the emperor, although he acted independently. In this context he seems to have exercised both military and administrative sovereignty in this area. His rule is to be understood as a transitional period between Roman and Frankish rule. In the 480s, Trier finally fell to the Franks , who had been harassing this area in previous years. The late antique culture became extinct soon after.
Probably the end of the 5th century Bishop Arbogast of Chartres is identical with him. In this case, Arbogast would have taken up a clerical office after his position in Trier became untenable in relation to the expanding Rhine Franconia.
literature
- Hans Hubert Anton : Trier in the transition from Roman to Frankish rule. In: Francia 12 (1984), pp. 1-52 ( digitized version ).
- Hans Hubert Anton: Arbogast, comes from Trier. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1973, ISBN 3-11-004489-7 , pp. 388-389.
- Heinz Heinen , Hans Hubert Anton, Winfried Weber (ed.): History of the Diocese of Trier. Volume 1: In the upheaval of cultures: late antiquity and early Middle Ages . Paulinus, Trier 2003, ISBN 978-3-7902-0271-7 , p. 109ff.
- Ulrich Nonn : The Franks. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-17-017814-4 , pp. 103ff.
Remarks
- ^ Wilhelm Brandes: Des Auspicius of Toul rhythmic epistle to Arbogastes of Trier. Wolfenbüttel 1905 (edition and commentary).
- ↑ Detailed overview from Hans Hubert Anton: Trier in the transition from Roman to Frankish rule. In: Francia 12 (1984), pp. 1-52, here pp. 22ff.
- ↑ On the possible scope of the area cf. Hans Hubert Anton: Trier in the transition from Roman to Frankish rule. In: Francia 12 (1984), pp. 1-52, here pp. 35-37.
- ^ Hans Hubert Anton: Trier in the transition from Roman to Frankish rule. In: Francia 12 (1984), pp. 1-52, here pp. 23-27.
- ↑ Cf. in summary Ulrich Nonn: Die Franken. Stuttgart 2010, pp. 105f.
- ^ Hans Hubert Anton: Trier in the transition from Roman to Frankish rule. In: Francia 12 (1984), pp. 1-52, here pp. 37-39; Ulrich Nonn: The Franks. Stuttgart 2010, p. 106.
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SURNAME | Arbogast the Younger |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arbogast (the younger) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Military Commander of Augusta Treverorum |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century or 5th century |
DATE OF DEATH | 5th century |