The ''Chronica Gallica of 452'', also called the ''Gallic Chronicle of 452'', is a Latin chronicle of

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, presented in the form of

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, which continues

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. It was edited by

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in the ''

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'' as ''Chronica Gallica A. CCCCLII'', along with another anonymous Gallic chronicle, the '' Chronica Gallica of 511''. The chronicle begins in 379 with the elevation of

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as co-emperor, and ends with the attack of

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, king of the

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, on Italy in 452. The contents focus on

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, the emperors and the popes, while events in the eastern part of the empire find little mention. It is the oldest preserved historical work from Gaul. The place of origin is controversial, but most likely somewhere in the

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Valley or, as some suggest, specifically

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. The ''Chronica Gallica of 511'', edited in the same MGH volume, also begins with Theodosius, but covers the period up to 511.

Sources

*''MGH Auctores antiquissimi 9: Chronica minora saec. IV. V. VI. VII''. (I). ed. Theodor Mommsen. Berlin: Weidmann, 1892, pp. 615–666, Digitalised. (Text: p. 646ff. and each second page 48, 650 etc. *Richard Burgess: "The Gallic Chronicle of 452: A New Critical Edition with a Brief Introduction". In: Ralph W. Mathisen and Danuta Shanzer (eds.): ''Society and Culture in Late Antique Gaul: Revisiting the Sources''. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, p. 52ff. * Steven Muhlberger. "The Gallic Chronicle of 452 and Its Authority for British Events". ''Britannia'' 14 (1983), pp. 23-33. *Steven Muhlberger: ''The Fifth-Century Chroniclers: Prosper, Hydatius, and the Gallic Chronicler of 452''. Leeds: Francis Cairns, 1990. *Jan-Markus Kötter, Carlo Scardino (eds.): ''Gallische Chroniken'' (= '' Kleine und fragmentarische Historiker der Spätantike'' G 7–8). Schöningh: Paderborn, 2016, {{ISBN, 978-3-506-78489-6. 452 5th-century history books 5th-century books in Latin