sentences:  Just before his reign are found customs agents of Chilperic II in Marseille, the seat of Maurontus power.Like the other Provençal patricians of his era, his power was primarily personal, relating to the lands and ecclesiastical offices he controlled.For this reason, Maurontus' power was not opposed only by the Pippinids and their allies, but by local families, like that of Waldelenus around Besançon, which controlled the passes of Susa, Gap, and Embrun into Italy.