Hariobaud

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Hariobaud (lat. Hariobaudes ) was an Alemannic Gau king in the 4th century .

The Roman writer Ammianus Marcellinus reports that Caesar Julian crossed the Rhine near Mainz in 359 and concluded peace treaties with the Alemanni kings Hariobaud, Makrian , Ur , Ursicinus , Vadomar and Vestralp after all prisoners had been returned.

Hariobaud's name is derived from the Old High German hari (army) and biotan (areas).

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