Res Gestae

Ammianus Marcellinus

Ammianus Marcellinus. Ammianus Marcellinus, with an English translation, Vols. I-III. Rolfe, John C., translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; W. Heinemann, 1935-1940 (printing).

Odoacar, of whom we have made mention above,[*](8, 37.) presently deposed Augustulus from the rule and was made king; he remained on the throne for thirteen years. His father was named Edico,[*](Jordanes calls him Edeko.) and Odoacar is also mentioned in the books[*](These are still extant.) on The Life of Saint Severinus, a Pannonian monk, who gave him advice and predicted his future royal power.