Burdunellus

Burdune(l)lus (meaning "little mule", possibly a nickname) was a Roman usurper of the late fifth century, recorded only briefly in the "Consularia Caesaraugustana". Under 496 it is recorded that "he became a tyrant in Spain", a phrase which, in the political language of the time and considering the nature of the source, must mean he tried to claim the imperial dignity and authority.Collins, 35.] Thompson, 193.] He was eventually abandoned by his own supporters, who turned him over to legitimate authorities and sent him to Toulouse, where he was burned to death inside a bronze bull, a unique fate for a usurper but typically humiliating. The location of Burdunellus' petty tyranny is unknown, but was probably the valley of the Ebro centred on Zaragoza.

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*Collins, Roger. "Visigothic Spain, 409–711". Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. ISBN 0 631 18185 7.
*Thompson, E. A. [http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao-us:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4241-1978-022-00-000003 "The End of Roman Spain: Part III."] "Nottingham Mediaeval Studies", xxii (1978), pp. 3–22. Reprinted as "The Gothic Kingdom and the Dark Age of Spain" in "Romans and Barbarians: The Decline of the Western Empire". Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1982. pp. 161–187. ISBN 0 299 08700 X.

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