Aventinus 58

Johannes Turmayr's 1520 History of Bavaria, Chapter 55, 56, 57 - translated and annotated by Ras Feqade, AD 2020.

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58. Of king Baier and his brothers, the twelfth king in Germany, whom the very ancient before Christ's birth called Boiger in full, Boier for short. Later the ancient called him Baiger in full, Baier for short as now, it is in Latin Boius, in New Latin Baioarius and Boiarius. It is common to get the proper naming after changing the language, as with the story of the name Chunrad: it is Franconian Chuno for short, Swabian Chuenla, Bavarian Chunz Chüenzl. Such is indicated above at the beginning, so it is unnecessary to continue to write about it.

Our historians give this king Alman many children, namely king **Norein**, the oldest, **Haun, Helvos, Mied, Math, Theur, Glan, Schyther, Ab, Baier**, is the youngest; they are called in Latin Noricus, Hunnus, Helvetius, Medo, Matthæas, Taurus, Gelonus, Schites, Abius, Boius. And now that their father, the king Alman, had died, they were divided on the matter of the regime (as is often the case with history).

King **Rham** their cousin ruled beyond the Rhine toward the setting sun in the country, now called France, who is said to have built Luxemburg and Rheims (the capital and archbishopric in France, where the king is crowned by France). This king was arbiter and mediator in this discord, divided the Germanic kingdom, showed everyone his part and country.

[More details are given about Alman's sons, the conflict among them (1783-1758 BC), and the following peace, in the next few chapters.

King Romus of Celtica [1698-1665 BC], who is also associated with Rheims, was a bit too late to be the same Rham mentioned here as mediating the peace in 1758 BC, when Jasius still ruled Celtica; however it seems the site of Luxemburg would still be within the territory of Trebeta at this point; therefore it can be assumed this Rham was king of Trebeta, and not of France or Celtica.]

## 59. Of king Norein, the eldest son of Hercules.

King Norein owned land and people between the rivers Danube, Drava and Inn as far as Italy, named the same area after him (as before it was called the Taurian land from the giant and king Taurischo, who strangled and killed king Alman, Norein's father) Noreinland, it is in Latin Noricum, Greek Noricon. And as Pliny testified to the emperor Titus Vespasian, all peoples on the same rivers from Carania to Switzerland, from the river Sava to the source of the Rhine, have their ancient origins from King Hercules.

[paragraph omitted discussing the debate among authors over which of the three Hercules that referred to.]

And above mentioned king Norein built a town under the Taur mountain towards the east in his hereditary area and part of it, named after him Noreinburg, of which Strabo, the most diligent land farer and area describer, writes this opinion, as follows. The city of Agla (as it is now a patriarchy) is (he speaks) outside the Italian land, then called Venetia, it is separated from it by a water that runs out of the mountain, on which one rises and rises up with ships at thirty miles as far as Noreinburg, where the Roman captain Gneius Carbo with flying banners with the order of the battle, attacked the Germans, called Kempfer; but why he let himself go, he backed away again, did nothing.

Quite a few think it should be the city and county of Gorizia. I say neither yes nor no, I neither want to confirm nor reject it; I think it should be further investigated and it should be asked and explored further. Our old Bavarian chronicles show how the above king Norein would also have built Noreinberg (so it is written in the old imperial letters and liberties), therefore such a city Montem Noricum, that is Noreinsberg, Otto, bishop of Freising and sant Luitbolds margrave from Austria son, called in Latin; There are also others who go on to say that the old statues carved in stone on the same old vest still have the German Hercules and his son Norein. I also find the Nördling, Noreinsheim, a monastery that would be named from him, likewise old Bavarians, who are commonly called the Narka, as I want to write Nordgau in the old imperial and royal letters, that would be the country going due north, as I described above at the beginning. But both opinions could be true, if it is possible that the names Narka and Norka from common words, are drawn from Norein and Nordgau.

I am letting go of such things now, I will tell of King Haun, another brother of King Norein.