Battle of Reims
| date | 356 |
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| place | Reims , France |
| output | Victory of the Alemanni |
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Mediolanum - Augusta Vindelicorum - Lacus Benacus - Placentia - Fano - Pavia - Langres - Vindonissa - Autun - Reims - Brumath - Senonae - Argentoratum - Solicinium - Argentovaria
The Battle of Reims was founded in 356 in the area of today's city Reims in France between Alemanni and Romans under Emperor Julian fought. The Alemanni emerged victorious from the battle. In the following year, however, the battle of Argentoratum ( Strasbourg ) ended in a devastating Alemannic defeat against Julian's troops.
If, however, the battle of Reims is to be equated with the attack of Alemannic groups on the rearguard of the Roman troops who were on the way from Reims to Decem Pagi, as reported by Ammianus Marcellinus 16,2,10, then it was not a battle and According to Ammianus Marcellinus' report, it was not a Roman defeat either, since the Romans were saved from defeat by the arrival of reinforcements.
literature
- Ammianus Marcellinus : The Roman Empire before the end . Translated by Otto Veh , Artemis-Verlag, Munich / Zurich 1974, ISBN 3-7608-3514-7