ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the political geography of Narbonne and its historiographical background. In order to set out the limits of Narbonne in late antiquity one needs to bridge the gap between the Roman period and the later Middle Ages. Narbonne had a dominant role in Roussillon, the region below Narbonne, with no rival into the fifth century. Narbonne's influence over the eastern part of the province towards Beziers and Nimes is questioned by the status of Corneilhan and Juvignac, which were passed to Brunhild. If these had been ceded militarily to Brunhild as Regent of Austrasia at that time, it would have constituted a foreign presence in the very centre of a Visigothic province. Bulgar's references to hostilities between the Visigothic monarchy and Brunhild can be brought up to date by Brunhild's last insult to King Witteric: the failed arranged marriage of his daughter Ermenberga to Theuderic II of Burgundy in 607.
