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ALAMANNI, or ALLEMANNI , a See also:German tribe, first mentioned by Dio See also:Cassius, under the See also:year 213. They apparently dwelt in the See also:basin of the See also:Maine, to the See also:south of the See also:Chatti. According to Asinius Quadratus their name indicates that they were a conglomeration of various tribes. There can be little doubt, however, that the See also:ancient Hermunduri formed the preponderating See also:element in the nation. Among the other elements may be mentioned the Juthungi, Bucinobantes, Lentienses, and perhaps the Armalausi. From the 4th See also:century onwards we hear also of the See also:Suebi or Suabi. The Hermunduri had apparently be-longed to the Suebi, but it is likely enough that reinforcements from new Suebic tribes had now moved westward. In later times the names Alamanni and Suebi seem to be synonymous. The tribe was continually engaged in conflicts with the See also:Romans, the most famous encounter being that at See also:Strassburg, in which they were defeated by See also:Julian, afterwards See also:emperor, in the year 357, when their See also:king Chonodomarius was taken prisoner. See also:Early in the 5th century the Alamanni appear to have crossed the See also:Rhine and conquered and settled See also:Alsace and a large See also:part of See also:Switzerland. Their See also:kingdom lasted until the year 495, when they were conquered by See also:Clovis, from which See also:time they formedpart of the Frankish dominions. The Alamannic and Swabian dialects are now spoken in German Switzerland, the See also:southern parts of See also:Baden and Alsace, See also:Wurttemberg and a small, portion of See also:Bavaria.

See Dio Cassius lxvii. ff. ; See also:

Ammianus See also:Marcellinus, passim ; See also:Gregory of See also:Tours, Historia Francorum, See also:book ii.; C. Zeuss, See also:Die Deutschen and die Nachbarst4mme (See also:Munich, 1837), pp. 303 ff.; O. See also:Bremer in H. See also:Paul, Grundriss der germanischen Philologie (2nd ed., Strassburg, 1900), vol. iii. pp. 930 if. (F. G. M.

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