Battle of Langres
| date | 298 |
|---|---|
| place | Langres , France |
| output | Victory of the Romans |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| unknown | unknown |
| losses | |
|
unknown |
allegedly 60,000 |
Mediolanum - Augusta Vindelicorum - Lacus Benacus - Placentia - Fano - Pavia - Langres - Vindonissa - Autun - Reims - Brumath - Senonae - Argentoratum - Solicinium - Argentovaria
The Battle of Langres was founded in 298 in the area of the Gallic tribe of Lingones the modern city Langres between Alemanni and Romans under Emperor I. Constantius held.
The dispute began with a defeat for Constantius: he was suddenly attacked and only accompanied by a small force by a band of Alemanni and put to flight. The wounded emperor could only save himself to the nearby Roman city of Andemattunum by climbing over the city walls with the help of a rope - the gates were already closed. The subsequent siege lasted only five hours, however, because the Roman relief army soon reached the city and killed 60,000 Alamanni - a number that the Roman historians could exaggerate to make the Roman victory appear more glamorous.
swell
- Eutropius 9.23.
- Panegyrici latini 7.6.
literature
- Karlheinz Fuchs et al. (Ed.): The Alamannen . Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1535-9 (exhibition catalog).
- Dieter Geuenich: History of the Alemanni . Verlag Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-17-018227-7 .
- Otto Seeck : Constantius 1) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 1, Stuttgart 1900, Col. 1040-1043. (here col. 1042.)