Battle of Strasbourg

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Battle of Strasbourg
Part of the Roman-Alamanni conflict
Date 357
Location Strasbourg
Result Roman victory
Combatants
Roman Empire Alamanni
Commanders
Julian Chnodomar
Strength
10,000 infantry
3000 cavalry		 32,000 infantry
2000-3000 cavalry
Casualties
247 dead
1000-2000 wounded		 6000 dead
possibly 2000+ drowned in the Rhine
v • d • e
Rome against

the Alamanni
Lake Benacus – Placentia – Fano – Pavia - Lingones - Vindonissa - Autun - Reims - Brumath - Senonae - Strasbourg - Solicinum - Argentovaria

The Battle of Strasbourg, also known as the Battle of Argentoratum, was fought in 357 between the forces of the Roman Emperor Julian and the Alamanni led by King Chnodomar.

As the battle commenced, the German infantry, anxious not to be abandoned, convinced the cavalry to dismount and fight on foot. Despite this disadvantage, the Alamanni succeeded in driving back the Roman cavalry. Additionally, the Alamanni infantry, led by a band of nobles, broke through the Roman center. However, Julian rallied his cavalry, which returned to the fight, and the Roman Primani legion plugged the gap in the Roman center. The Alamanni soon broke and retreated. Many were slaughtered as they ran from the battlefield. Others drowned in the Rhine. Chnodomar was captured. Reports place the German dead on the battlefield at 6000. Ammianus Marcellinus claimed that thousands more drowned in the Rhine or had their corpses swept away. The Romans only lost 247 men.

Julian's army won the battle, and the Alamanni were driven beyond the Rhine.

Order of battle of Julian army.

Shield patterns of Julian units

Heruli

Petulantes


D. Woods, ‘On the 'Standard-Bearers' at Strasbourg: Libanius, Or. 18.58-66’, Mnemosyne 50 (1997), 479-80.

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