Priarius

Priarius († 378 near Oedenburg near Biesheim ) was the Gau king of the Lentiens , an Alemannic sub-tribe. His name comes down to us from the Roman writer Ammianus Marcellinus .

Priarius and his army were defeated and killed by troops of the Roman Emperor Gratian on a campaign in Alsace in the battle of Argentovaria , today's Oedenburg-Biesheim near Neuf-Brisach . No further information has been passed on about the life of Priarius.

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Ammianus Marcellinus XXXI 10

Secondary literature

Dieter Geuenich : History of the Alemanni (= Kohlhammer Urban pocket books. 575). 2nd, revised edition. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-17-018227-7 .
Dieter Geuenich: Lentienses. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 18, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2001, ISBN 3-11-016950-9 , pp. 266-267. ( online ).
Moritz Schönfeld : Lentienses . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XII, 2, Stuttgart 1925, Sp. 1944.

personal data
SURNAME	Priarius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Gau king of the Lentiens
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century
DATE OF DEATH	378
Place of death	near Oedenburg near Biesheim