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The war of Clovis with the Alemanni forms the setting for the conversion of Clovis, briefly treated by Gregory of Tours. ( Book II.31 ) After their defeat in 496, the Alemanni bucked the Frankish yoke and put themselves under the protection of Theodoric the Great of the Ostrogoths [ 21 ] but after his death they were again subjugated by the ...
Alamannia, or Alemania, was the kingdom established and inhabited by the Alemanni, a Germanic tribal confederation that had broken through the Roman limes in 213. The Alemanni expanded from the Main River basin during the 3rd century and raided Roman provinces and settled on the left bank of the Rhine River from the 4th century.
The German and Sarmatian campaigns of Constantine were fought by the Roman Emperor Constantine I against the neighbouring Germanic peoples, including the Franks, Alemanni and Goths, as well as the Sarmatian Iazyges, along the whole Roman northern defensive system to protect the empire's borders, between 306 and 336.
Bordering on Sigebert's kingdom were the Alemanni, a confederation of Germanic tribes. Border incidents, looting, and punitive raids multiplied between the Alemanni and Ripuarian Franks, but in 496 Sigebert suffered a real invasion and called on Clovis for help. Clovis responded favorably to his ally and raised an army.
365, Invasion of Roman Gaul by Alemanni, Alemanni leave with spoil and captives [76] 366, Alemanni invade Roman Gaul a second time [ 76 ] 367, Sack of Moguntiacum by Alemanni, Battle of Solicinium , Roman army led by Eastern Emperor Valens defeats Gothic Greuthungi and captures their king Ermanaric .
The Alemanni were a confederacy of Germanic tribes believed to have first migrated to the west early in the 3rd century AD. [1] In 352 they invaded Gaul, supposedly incited by Constantius II, during the rebellion of Magnentius, whose brother Decentius was defeated in a battle with Chnodomarius.
After Gundomadus was treacherously killed by his own people in 357, the Alemanni rallied themselves under Vadomarius, while remaining an ally of Constantius II. [3] Julian's rise to power and Vadomarius' decision to stand by Constantius II was likely the result of intimidation, which subsequently led him to join and lead the Alamannic coalition ...
Alemanni expansion and Roman-Alemannic battle sites, 3rd to 5th century In 259/60, one or more groups of Suebi appear to have been the main element in the formation of a new tribal alliance known as the Alemanni who came to occupy the Roman frontier region known as the Agri Decumates , east of the Rhine and south of the Main.