Anonymus 316

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM/L VII
EthnicityLombard
LocationsCoronate (Plain of, N. Italy)
OccupationRetainer
Textual SourcesPaulus Diaconus, Historia Gentis Langobardorum, ed. L. Bethmann and G. Waitz, MGH, Scr. Rer. Lang., pp. 12-187; also in MGH, Scr. Rer. Ger. 48, pp. 49-242 (history)

A Lombard, Anonymus 316 was one of the followers of Alahis 1 at the battle of Coronate; when Alahis 1 claimed to see an icon of the archangel Michael among the spears of the opposing army, under Cunincpert 1, this man claimed that Alahis 1's terror made him see what was not there: Paul. Diac., Hist. Lang. V 41.

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