 - 1. Who is recorded as the first king in the law code?
A) Gundobad
B) Gebicca
C) Gundaharius
D) Gundioc
- 2. Which king is mentioned as the second king in the law code?
A) Sigismund
B) Giselher
C) Gundomar I
D) Chilperic I
- 3. Who is the third king listed in the law code?
A) Gundomar I
B) Godegisel
C) Giselher
D) Gundioc
- 4. In what year did Gundaharius die?
A) 480
B) 436
C) 470
D) 516
- 5. Who was the fourth king in the law code?
A) Gebicca
B) Sigismund
C) Gundobad
D) Gundaharius
- 6. Which legendary figure is associated with Gebicca in the Völsunga saga?
A) Gjúki
B) Gunnar
C) Gisler
D) Gernoz
- 7. Gundomar I is associated with which legendary character in the Þiðrekssaga?
A) Guthorm
B) Gisler
C) Gernoz
D) Gjúki
A) About 470
B) 480
C) 436
D) 516
- 9. Gundioc was a descendant of which individual?
A) Gundobad
B) Athanaric
C) Gebicca
D) Gundaharius
- 10. Who was the brother of Gundioc?
A) Chilperic I
B) Gundomar I
C) Godegisel
D) Giselher
- 11. By what year did Chilperic I die?
A) 470
B) 516
C) 480
D) 436
- 12. Who became the king of all of Burgundy starting in 480?
A) Godomar II
B) Sigismund
C) Gundobad
D) Godegisel
- 13. In what year did Gundobad die?
A) 436
B) 516
C) 470
D) 524
- 14. Where was Godegisel based before being killed by Gundobad?
A) Valence
B) Vienne
C) Sapaudia
D) Geneva
- 15. In what year was Godegisel killed by Gundobad?
A) 516
B) 532
C) 500
D) 436
- 16. Who was the son of Gundobad who died in 524?
A) Gundomar I
B) Godomar II
C) Chilperic II
D) Sigismund
- 17. Who was the son of Gundobad who died in 532?
A) Sigismund
B) Gundobad
C) Godegisel
D) Godomar II
- 18. What is the status of Chilperic II's existence according to the text?
A) False
B) Confirmed
C) Legendary only
D) Uncertain
- 19. Which city is mentioned as a possible base for Chilperic II?
A) Rome
B) Geneva
C) Vienne
D) Sapaudia
- 20. Which Roman office did Chilperic I hold in Gaul?
A) Praefectus
B) Patricius
C) Consul
D) Magister militum
- 21. Which emperor was in Italy when Gundobad returned to Gaul in the 470s?
A) Sigismund
B) Julius Nepos
C) Clovis I
D) Theoderic the Great
- 22. Where did Gundobad retreat after his defeat near Dijon in 500?
A) Vienne
B) Lyon
C) Geneva
D) Avignon
- 23. In what year did Gundobad retake Vienne?
A) 508
B) 501
C) 507
D) 500
- 24. Against whom did the Burgundians fight alongside the Franks in 507?
A) The Burgundian brothers
B) Romans
C) Ostrogoths
D) Visigoths
- 25. Which power intervened in 508–509 to strip the Burgundians of their southern conquests?
A) Ostrogoths
B) Byzantines
C) Franks
D) Visigoths
- 26. What river was fixed as the southern frontier after the Ostrogothic intervention?
A) Rhône
B) Durance
C) Loire
D) Seine
- 27. Which religion did Sigismund convert to before his father's death?
A) Arianism
B) Catholicism
C) Paganism
D) Judaism
- 28. Which site did Sigismund found in 515 as a central royal cult site?
A) Abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune
B) Dijon Monastery
C) Vienne Cathedral
D) Lyon Basilica
- 29. What Roman dignity was Sigismund honored with?
A) Augustus
B) Patricius
C) Magister militum
D) Caesar
- 30. Whom did Sigismund execute in 522?
A) Gundobad
B) Godomar II
C) Theoderic the Great
D) Sigerich
- 31. At which battle did Godomar II defeat the Franks in 524?
A) Battle of Dijon
B) Battle of Vouillé
C) Battle of Autun
D) Battle of Vézeronce
- 32. When did a coordinated Frankish campaign end the Burgundian kingdom?
A) 507–508
B) 500–501
C) 522–524
D) 532–534
- 33. Who was the wife of Clovis I?
A) A niece of Gundobad
B) Ariagne
C) A daughter of Theoderic
D) Clotilde
- 34. Which city was the site of the final Burgundian defeat in 534?
A) Autun
B) Avignon
C) Vienne
D) Geneva
- 35. In what year did the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains take place?
A) 457
B) 451
C) 455
D) 453
- 36. Whose death in 453 is noted in the text?
A) Attila the Hun
B) Aetius
C) Gundioc
D) Valentinian III
- 37. Who was the brother-in-law of Gundioc who acted as a western power-broker?
A) Avitus
B) Glycerius
C) Ricimer
D) Majorian
- 38. Which group reported that Burgundians were driven back in 454?
A) The Visigoths
B) The Suebi
C) The Vandals
D) The Gepids
- 39. Who was the Roman emperor assassinated by Valentinian III?
A) Majorian
B) Avitus
C) Petronius Maximus
D) Aetius
- 40. Which city was the location of the Visigothic embassy where Avitus was acclaimed emperor?
A) Toulouse
B) Langres
C) Lyon
D) Besançon
- 41. Where is the first mention of the royal family in Sapaudia located?
A) The poetry of Sidonius
B) Contemporary records from 456
C) The accounts of the 451 battle
D) The Lex Burgundionum
- 42. Who overthrew the emperor Avitus in 456?
A) Gundobad and Gundioc
B) Theodoric II and Euric
C) Majorian and Ricimer
D) Valentinian III and Aetius
- 43. According to Marius Aventicensis, what did the Burgundians do in 456 regarding the land?
A) Surrendered land to the Romans
B) Seized all land from the senators
C) Fled the region entirely
D) Divided the lands with the Gallic senators
- 44. In what year did Burgundian soldiers return from Hispania and potentially garrison in Lyon?
A) 457
B) 459
C) 461
D) 455
- 45. Which family is Gundioc associated with, according to Wood?
A) The Theodoric family
B) The Merovingian family
C) The Valentinian family
D) The Gibichung family
- 46. Which Roman emperor invaded Gaul in 458 and occupied Lyon?
A) Anthemius
B) Ricimer
C) Majorian
D) Julius Nepos
- 47. Who suggested dividing Gaul between the Goths and the Burgundians in 468?
A) Euric
B) Gundioc
C) Gundobad
D) Arvandus
- 48. Against which group were the Burgundians active in the Langres–Besançon–Jura region in the 470s?
A) The Vandals
B) The Gepids
C) The Suebi
D) The Alemanni
- 49. Who was the last emperor mentioned as being raised by Gundobad before he returned to Burgundy?
A) Olybrius
B) Glycerius
C) Julius Nepos
D) Anthemius
- 50. In what year did the Burgundians receive Sapaudia?
A) 494
B) 451
C) 474
D) 443
- 51. Which Roman province included the Burgundian settlement of Sapaudia?
A) Belgica
B) Gallia Narbonensis
C) Maxima Sequania
D) Germania Superior
- 52. According to Ian N. Wood, how should the initial Burgundian settlers be viewed?
A) An independent kingdom
B) A nomadic tribal confederation
C) A civilian farming colony
D) A Roman military unit
- 53. Which law code mentions earlier Burgundian kings?
A) Lex Burgundionum
B) The Code of Justinian
C) The Gallic Chronicle
D) The Salic Law
- 54. Which of these figures is mentioned in the Lex Burgundionum as a predecessor of royal memory?
A) Julius Nepos
B) Gundahar
C) Athanaric
D) Ian N. Wood
- 55. Which city served as the capital of the Burgundian Kingdom after it moved from Geneva?
A) Mainz
B) Lyon
C) Borbetomagus
D) Worms
- 56. Which heroic literary work depicts the defeat of Gundahar in a highly fictionalized form?
A) The Aeneid
B) The Iliad
C) Beowulf
D) Niebelungenlied
- 57. The name of the Burgundian royal dynasty, Gibichung, is derived from which figure?
A) Gundobad
B) Gundahar
C) Gibica
D) Gundioc
- 58. Which ancient author first named the Burgundians in surviving written records in the first century?
A) Ammianus Marcellinus
B) Pliny the Elder
C) Jordanes
D) Claudius Ptolemy
- 59. Before moving to the Rhine, the Burgundians were known to live near which river?
A) Main river
B) Elbe river
C) Danube river
D) Vistula river
- 60. What was the official status of the Burgundians within the Roman Empire after 413?
A) Foederati
B) Slaves
C) Invaders
D) Usurpers
- 61. According to the text, the Burgundians were originally grouped by Pliny the Elder into which classification?
A) Visigothic group
B) Hunnic group
C) Alemanni group
D) Vandilic group
- 62. Which Gepid king is noted for defeating the Burgundians in the third century?
A) Theodoric II
B) Jovinus
C) Fastida
D) Gundahar
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