Alemanni

• “The victory of Crispus over the Alemanni is expressed on some medals.”

  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

• “After Julian had repulsed the Alemanni from the provinces of the”

  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

• “The name of the Alemanni has been absurdly derived from their imaginary settlement on the banks of the Leman Lake.”

  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

• “Two great external threats hung over the empire: the Germanic tribes of the north, chiefly the Alemanni and Goths, and the Persians in the east.”

  superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism

• “Odaenathus and Zenobia held the Persians at bay, but the Alemanni penetrated into Italy itself before Aurelian defeated them and drove them out.”

  superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism

• “But for the East Franks, the Saxons, the Thuringians, the Bavarians, and the Alemanni, this trumpet call sounded only faintly, particularly because of the schism between the empire and the papacy, from the time of Pope Alexander even until today.”

  De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » The First Crusade: A short narrative from contemporary sources

• “He took control of the Roman province of Belgica Secunda in 486, the territories of the Alemanni in 496, the lands of the Burgundians in 500, and portions of Visigothic territory in 507.”

  Death Of Clovis 27 Nov, 511, First King of the Franks

• “And as Muellerus holds that these matters “admit of almost mathematical precision,” it would seem that Benfeius is but a Dummkopf, as the Alemanni say, in their own language, when they would be pleasant among themselves.”

  Letters to Dead Authors

• “I make no doubt that other Alemanni are of other minds: quot Alemanni tot sententiae.”

  Letters to Dead Authors

• “Now, wouldst thou credit it? despite the mathematical plainness of the facts, other Alemanni agree neither with Muellerus, nor yet with Benfeius, and will neither hear that Athene was the Dawn, nor yet that she is “the feminine of the Zend Thraetana athwyana.””

  Letters to Dead Authors

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