Ascaric

Ascaric

Ascaric or Ascarich ( _la. As(s)ac(c)arius, from OHG "asc", like ash, meaning "tree, spear", an allusion to Wodan, and "ric", like "rex", meaning "king") was an early Frankish king, who, along with his co-ruler Merogais, is the earliest Frankish ruler known. He was an enemy of the Roman Empire. Ascaric is mentioned in the "Panegyrici latini" (anonymous VI and VII) and by Eutropius and Eumenius.

In 306 he and Merogais led a Frankish raid into across the Rhine southern Gaul while Constantine the Great was campaigning against the Picts in Britannia. Apparently the two had made a previous agreement with Rome, since Constantine sought to punish them as traitors upon his return. The two chieftains were defeated, captured, and executed "for their past crimes", an act which "bound with fear the slippery loyalty of the whole race," according to one of the emperor's anonymous panegyrists. The execution took place in one of the chief cities of Gaul, probably Trier, and the two Franks and their followers were torn apart by animals in the amphitheatre before a large crowd. Their defeat was followed by the subjection of the Bructeri.

References

*Landriot, Jean-François-Anne, and Rochet, Benoît Joseph (1854). "Traduction des discours d'Eumène: accompagnée du texte". Autun: Michel Dejussieu et Louis Villedry.
*Long, Jacqueline (1996). "Claudian's "In Eutropium": Or, How, When, and Why to Slander a Eunuch". Chapel Hill: UNC Press. ISBN 0 807 822 639.


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