![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gregory recounts these damaging floods as part of a narrative of omens and disaster. The rivers Loire and Flavaris (which is called the Allier) and the other rushing rivers swelled up so much that they overran their banks to a point that had never before been exceeded.” 1 The floods resulted in the loss of cattle, crops, and infrastructure, including damages to the city walls at Lyons. ![]() The floodwaters were so great that they poured into the Limagne-so badly that many who had not yet sown their grain were unable to do so. In the fifth book of his History of the Franks, Gregory of Tours recounts a series of devastating river floods throughout southern Gaul: “In the fifth year of the reign of King Childebert, great floods filled the Auvergne, so much so that for twelve days the rains did not stop. ![]()
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