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The provincial view of Hydatius

Table 1 (cont.)

receive Cyrila. Cyrila departs from Gallaecia. His mission does
not prevent the continuation of conflict between the Sueves
and the provincials. (Cf. c. 220 [216]: Cyrila and Remismund
are sent to Gallaecia by Theodoric II. This is a military assault,
nota further embassy; see atn. 120 above and ‘Note on legatus
and legatio’ below.)
27 464 c. 224 [220] The comes Aegidius sends envoys from Gaul to the Vandals via
the Atlantic. They set out in May and return in September.
28 and 29 464 Remismund (the Gothic nominee as ruler of the Sueves) sends
c. 226 [222] envoys to Theodoric II (28).
Theodoric II sends back his own envoys, conveying arms, gifts,
and Remismund’s wife (29).
30 and 31 465–6 Remismund twice sends envoys to Theodoric II. On its
cc. 230–231 return, one of these embassies reports the death of the emperor
[226–7] Libius Severus.

Conflicts between Sueves and plebs of Aunonensis begin,466 (c. 233 [229])
32 466 c. 233 [229] Theodoric II sends envoys to Remismund concerning the
conflicts of the Sueves and the plebs of Aunonensis; the Sueves
reject the Gothic envoys, who soon depart.
33 467 c. 237 [233] Theodoric II sends one Sulla to Remismund, presumably on
the same issue. During Sulla’s absence from Gaul, Theodoric II
is murdered.
34–9 Euric’s accession
(see Gillett, ‘Accession of Euric’)
34, 35 467 c. 238 Euric, after becoming king of the Goths, sends envoys to the
[234] western emperor Anthemius (34) and to the Sueves (35). The
latter envoys are immediately sent back by Remismund.
36, 37, 38 as above Remismund, after receiving Euric’s envoys, sends his own to
the emperor Anthemius (36), to the Vandals (37), and to the
Goths (38). (Cf. cc. 242–4: prodigies seen atToulouse by the
Suevic envoys; c. 245: the Suevic envoys return from Toulouse,
468;c. 247: return of the Suevic envoys to Anthemius, 468
[238, 239, 241]).
39 467 c. 240 [236] Gothic envoys to the Vandals, presumably sentatthe same time
as Euric’s legations to Anthemius and to the Sueves, return to
Gaul after hearing of the imperial campaign to Africa planned
for 467.
40 467 c. 239 [235] Opilio returns either to or from the plebs of Aunonensis,
accompanied by other envoys sentwith him and by men sent
by the king (probably a legation from the provincials to either
Theodoric II or Euric); cf. c. 249 [243]: the Sueves and the
Aunonenses agree to a pax.
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