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Genebald b. about 354 d. 419
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| Lineage | - |
| Sex | Male |
| Full name (at birth) | Genebald |
| Other given names | Sarman |
| Wiki-page | wikipedia:Genobaud |
Events
about 354 birth:
about title: Duque dos Francos Salianos
376 child birth: França, ♀ Argota ? (Cambri de Rosomoni) [-] b. 376
388 other: Invasion of Rome
419 death:
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This invasion is documented by Gregory of Tours, who cited the now lost work of Sulpicius Alexander. According to this account Genobaud invaded the Roman provinces Germania and Belgia together with Marcomer and Sunno. They broke through the limes, killed many people, destroyed the most fruitful lands and made the city of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, now Cologne, panic. After this raid the main body of the Franks moved back over the Rhine with their booty. Some of the Franks remained in the Belgian woods. When the Roman generals Nanninus and Quintinus heard the news in Trier, they attacked those remaining Frankish forces and killed many of them. After this engagement Quintinus crossed the Rhine to punish the Franks in their own country; however, his army was surrounded and beaten. Some Roman soldiers drowned in the marshes, others were killed by Franks, and but few made it back to their Empire.
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