sources it may seem that Pharamond was regarded as the first king of the Francs. However, this account of the Liber Historiae Francorum is not accepted as historical by modern scholars such as Edward James because Marcomer is therein called the son of the Trojan king Priam, and Sunno the son of Antenor, obviously impossible because Priam and Antenor lived hundreds of years earlier. Sources Gregory of Tours, Historiën, Book II - paragraph 9. Claudian, Loeb classical Library, On Stilicho's Consulship (translation Platnauer) Edward James, De Franken Frankish kings Frankish warriors 4th-century Frankish people 4th-century monarchs in Europe