| [73] | Julian’s death took place in 367. It need scarcely be pointed out that the Monk’s historical narrative is here of the very wildest description. |
| [74] | It is unnecessary to disentangle the Monk’s strange perversion of history; but it may be noted that he identifies the Avars, whom Charlemagne subdued, with the Huns who followed Attila. But the Huns and the Avars, though allied in race, were two quite distinct nationalities. |
| [75] | It would be an interesting inquiry whether archæological or historical research corroborates in any way this interesting account which Adalbert gives of the Hunnish fortifications. |
| [76] | These three sons are—Charles, who died in 811; Pippin, who died in 810; and Lewis, who succeeded to the undivided dominions of Charlemagne, and is usually known as Lewis the Pious. |
| [77] | The Persians of the ninth century are by the Monk identified with the Persians of the period of Marathon and Salamis. |
| [78] | It must be remembered that the whole of the Monk’s narrative is nominally addressed to Charles the Fat, great-grandson of Charlemagne. |
| [79] | This is the famous Haroun al Raschid already mentioned in Eginhard’s Life of Charlemagne. |
| [80] | There is really no doubt about the identification of the Arar. It is the Saône, the most important of the tributaries of the Rhone. |
| [81] | This is Lewis of Bavaria, who was King of Germany from 843–876, the son of Lewis the Pious, and the father of Charles the Fat. |
| [82] | The Monk’s method here is not difficult to understand. The words of St Ambrose and the parallel between the Saint and Charles are clearly introduced to give evidence of the writer’s wide learning. |