[V] P. =36=, c. 22. Sidonius Apollinaris (d. 480), the leading literary man of his time in Gaul, was bishop of Clermont the last ten years of his life. Gregory’s work on the masses written by him is lost. Although Gregory was born more than fifty years after Sidonius’ death, he speaks in this intimate way of the former bishop of the place of his birth. On Sidonius see Dill, _Society in the Last Century of the Roman Empire_, c. iv. Sidonius’ _Letters_ have just been translated by R. M. Dalton, Oxford, 1915. [W] P. =36=, c. 27 f. For an acute analysis of the literary and oral origins of Gregory’s account of Clovis, see Kurth, _Les sources de l’histoire de Clovis_ (Revue des quest. hist., 1888). [X] P. =37=, l. 33. =Campus Martius.= The March-field, later changed to the May-field, _campus Madius_, the annual assembly of the Franks. [Y] P. =41=, l. 8. =Sigamber=, one of the Sigambri, a German tribe forming a section of the Frankish people. [Z] P. =41=, l. 16. From the number Gregory reports as having been baptized, possibly an exaggeration in itself, we can see that Clovis’ army was relatively small. [AA] P. =44=, l. 8. The _Lex Gundobada_, still in existence (Mon. Germ. Hist., Legum, Sect. I, Legum Nationum Germ. tomi II, pars 1), is a codification of Burgundian custom. Gundobad also issued a code for his Roman subjects. The object of his legislation was largely to secure a better understanding between Romans and Burgundians. Cf. Lavisse, _Histoire de France_, II, p. 88 f. For bibliographical references see R. Schroeder, _Lehrbuch der deutschen Rechtsgeschichte_ (1902), p. 241. [AB] P. =45=, l. 4. See Introduction, pp. xviii and xxii. [AC] P. =46=, l. 35 f. The battle of Vouillé was fought in 507. The people of Auvergne, led by Apollinaris, son of Sidonius Apollinaris (p. 36), fought on the side of the Visigoths. [AD] P. =47=, l. 29. =Et ab ea die tanquam consul aut Augustus est vocitatus.= The opinion is held that it was an honorary consulship to which Clovis was appointed. Cf. Pfister, in _Cambridge Mediaeval History_, vol. II, p. 115. [AE] P. =49=, l. 29 f. Cf. p. 50, l. 17 f. According to the description of Clovis he was entirely emancipated from the clan morality which was so powerful among the Franks of his time. [AF] P. =53=, l. 36. The case of Gundobad is hardly to the point, since he enjoyed a long and prosperous reign and left his kingdom to his son Sigismund. See also note on p. 44. [AG] P. =54=, l. 6 f. For a map showing this division see Longnon’s _Atlas_. Theodoric had his capital at Rheims and held Auvergne, Clodomer held Tours and Poitiers and made Orleans his capital. Childebert had Paris, and Clothar, Soissons, for his capital. Note that all divided equally, Theodoric the son of a concubine (p. 38) with the rest. [AH] P. =54=, l. 22. Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths (475-526). [AI] P. =55=, l. 13 f. See p. 38.