Edobichus

Edobichus (Greek: Ἐδόιχος or Ἐδόιγχος; died 411) was a general of the Roman usurper Constantine III.

Edobichus was a Frank. He was already an experienced soldier when in 407, after the deaths of the generals Nebiogastes and Iustinianus, the Western usurper Constantine III appointed him and Gerontius as his magistri militum (commanders-in-chief of the army). That same year, the two magistri forced Sarus, the general of the Western Emperor Honorius, to lift the siege of Constantine in Valence and return to Italy.

In 409 Gerontius proclaimed Maximus as emperor in Hispania in opposition to Constantine, and in 411 he attacked Constantine in Gaul. Constantine then sent Edobichus to the Franks and the Germans across the Rhine to ask for reinforcements. When he returned with fresh troops, in 411, Edobichus went to Arles, where Constantine was besieged, but here he was defeated by Honorius' generals Constantius and Ulphilas. He fled to his friend Ecdicius, who, however, killed him. Edobichus' death convinced Constantine to surrender.

• Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum, II.9.
• Sozomen, IX.13.2, 14, 15.1.
• Zosimus, VI.2.4-5.
• Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire II, "Edobichus", p. 386.