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Excerpta Latina Barbari ("Excerpts in Bad Latin") is a Latin translation of a 5th or early 6th century Greek chronicle.
Origin
The Excerpta Latina Barbari is a Latin translation of a Greek chronicle composed in Alexandria during the reign of Zeno (474-491) or Anastasius (491-518).
The original Greek chronicle was a variation of the Chronica Alexandrina.
It was translated into Latin c. 750 by an anonymous Merovingian (nonfiction) author.
Excerpta Latina Barbari derives its name from the fact that the late Merovingian (nonfiction) translator made many mistakes in translating the Greek into Latin.
It is also now known that the translator included some alterations to the original chronicle.
These alterations include the insertion of a lineage linking the Merovingian kings to the ancient Trojans (see Francus) as popularised in the Liber historiae Francorum (nonfiction).
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External links
- Excerpta Latina Barbari @ Wikipedia