Burdunellus

Burdunellus , also Burdunelus († 497 in Toulouse ) was a late antique Roman usurper in the late 5th century.

Life

Burdunellus - the name means "little mule" - is mentioned in the Consularia Caesaraugustana for the year 496 as tyrannus in Spain, which at that time was largely under Visigothic control. In contemporary political parlance, and given the nature of the source, this can only mean that Burdunellus (as Romans or novels ) against Alaric II. - and indirectly against I. Anastasios , who as nominal overlord and the Visigoth kings was - imperial honors and Has claimed authority. The place of the elevation is unknown, but is believed to be in the Ebro Valley in the Zaragoza area . Burdunellus was eventually abandoned by his supporters, extradited to the Visigoths and transferred to Toulouse, where he was burned alive inside a bronze bull .

literature

• Roger Collins : Visigothic Spain, 409-711. Blackwell Publishing, Malden MA et al. 2004, ISBN 0-631-18185-7 , p. 35.
• Edward A. Thompson : The End of Roman Spain: Part III. In: Nottingham Mediaeval Studies. Vol. 22, 1978, ISSN  0078-2122 , pp. 3-22, doi : 10.1484 / J.NMS.3.81 (reprint: The Gothic Kingdom and the Dark Age of Spain. In: Edward A. Thompson: Romans and Barbarians. The Decline of the Western Empire. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison (Wisconsin) 1982, ISBN 0-299-08700-X , pp. 161-187).