Gesta Berengarii imperatoris

The Gesta Berengarii imperatoris (or "Deeds of the Emperor Berengar") is a Latin epic poem chronicling the career of Berengar of Friuli (d. 924), King of Italy from 887 and Emperor from 915.

It follows Berengar's career from its inception (c. 874) until his imperial coronation in Rome in December 915.

Its author may have been John, bishop of Cremona, who was Berengar's chancellor from 916.

[1] There are numerous parallels with Waltharius, but it remains unclear which of the two works has priority.

[2] Entire verses of "Berengar" were lifted from the Thebaid.

Start of the Gesta in the Marciana manuscript, with the title in Greek