Arvandus (English spelling)

Japanese: アルウァンドゥス（英語表記）Arvandus

A nobleman and official in the final days of the Roman Empire. Dates of birth and death unknown. He served as prefect of the Gallic province for two terms from 464 to 468, but was accused of collecting taxes improperly and brought to Rome. During his trial, a letter was discovered in which he encouraged the Visigothic king Euric to rebel against Emperor Anthemius and divide Gaul between the Visigoths and the Burgundians. He was sentenced to death for treason, but the sentence was later commuted to exile. The emergence of a man like him who held a key position in the Roman Empire but turned away from Rome and aligned himself with the Germanic peoples well illustrates the situation in Gaul at the time, when Germanic rule was becoming more widespread.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ローマ帝政末期の官職貴族。生没年不詳。464‐468年，2期にわたってガリア道長官を務めたが，不当徴収のかどで告発されローマ市へ連行された。その審理中に，彼が西ゴート王エウリックに，アンテミウス帝に対して反旗を翻してガリアを西ゴートとブルグントで分割するよう勧めた手紙が露見。反逆罪で死刑を宣告されたが，のちに追放刑に減刑された。ローマ帝国の要職にありながら，ローマから離反してゲルマンにくみする彼のような人物の出現は，ゲルマン支配が浸透していく当時のガリアの状況をよく物語っている。

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