Makrian

Makrian (also Macrian , Latin Macrianus ) was an Alemannic Gau king of the Bucinobanten in the 4th century and the brother of Hariobaud .

The late ancient Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus reports that Caesar (lower emperor) Julian crossed the Rhine near Mogontiacum in 359 and concluded peace treaties with the Alemannic kings Makrian, Hariobaud , Ur , Ursicinus , Vadomar and Vestralp after all prisoners had been returned.

Due to ongoing unrest against the Roman Empire, an attempt by the Roman emperor Valentinian I failed in 370 to capture Makrian, the hated turbarum rex artifex (lord and master of unrest), with the help of the Burgundians . He was deposed by the emperor. The Fraomar , who was appointed in his place, could not prevail among the Bucinobanten, so that Makrian finally had to be granted an alliance treaty in 371.

Thereupon Makrian remained an ally of the Romans until his death in the fight against the Frankish king Mallobaudes, who was also allied with Rome .

literature

• Helmut Castritius :  Macrianus. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 19, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2001, ISBN 3-11-017163-5 , pp. 90-92. ( online ).
• Felix Dahn :  Makrian, Alemannic King . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, pp. 125-128.
• Karlheinz Fuchs, Martin Kempa, Rainer Redies (Red.): The Alamannen. 4th edition, licensed edition. Theiß, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1535-9 (exhibition catalog).
• Dieter Geuenich : History of the Alemanni (= Kohlhammer Urban pocket books. 575). 2nd, revised edition. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-17-018227-7 .