Battle of Argentoratum

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The Battle of Argentoratum was a decisive 357 AD clash near modern Strasbourg in which the Roman army under Emperor Julian defeated the Alemanni, strengthening Roman control of the Rhine frontier.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Argentoratum canonical 8

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alternativeName Battle of Strasbourg ⓘ
belligerent Alemanni ⓘ
linked to: Alemannic tribes

Roman Empire ⓘ
casualties heavy Alemannic casualties ⓘ
light to moderate Roman casualties ⓘ
chronologicalContext 4th century ⓘ
reign of Constantius II ⓘ
combatantRole Chnodomar commanded the Alemannic coalition ⓘ
linked to: Alemannic coalition

Julian commanded the Roman forces ⓘ
commander Chnodomar ⓘ
Hortar ⓘ
Julian ⓘ
linked to: Iulianus

Suomar ⓘ
Urius ⓘ
Ursicinus ⓘ
Vestralpus ⓘ
conflictBetween Alemanni ⓘ
linked to: Alemannic tribes

Roman Empire ⓘ
date 24 August 357 ⓘ
357 ⓘ
emperorInvolved Julian ⓘ
linked to: Iulianus
era Late Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Late Antiquity
followedBy Roman consolidation of the Rhine frontier ⓘ
geographicalContext Rhine frontier ⓘ
historicalImpact contributed to Julian’s later acclamation as Augustus ⓘ
enhanced Julian’s reputation as a general ⓘ
JulianTitle Caesar of the West ⓘ
location Alsace ⓘ
Argentoratum ⓘ
Upper Rhine ⓘ
near modern Strasbourg ⓘ
militaryTactics Alemannic massed infantry charge ⓘ
Roman infantry line with cavalry support ⓘ
modernCountry France ⓘ
nearModernCity Strasbourg ⓘ
notableEvent Alemannic kings fled or were killed ⓘ
capture of King Chnodomar ⓘ
opponentTribe Alemanni ⓘ
linked to: Alemannic tribes
opponentType Germanic tribes ⓘ
linked to: Germanic peoples
partOf Julian’s Gallic campaigns ⓘ
Roman–Alemannic Wars ⓘ
precededBy Alemannic incursions into Gaul ⓘ
primarySource Ammianus Marcellinus ⓘ
region Gaul ⓘ
result Roman victory ⓘ
strategicSignificance secured Gaul for the Roman Empire ⓘ
strengthened Roman control of the Rhine frontier ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Strasbourg (357) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Argentoratum ⓘ
Julian the Apostate → victory → Battle of Argentoratum ⓘ
Julian the Apostate → battle → Battle of Argentoratum ⓘ
Battle of Argentovaria → precededBy → Battle of Argentoratum ⓘ
Alemannic infantry → notableBattle → Battle of Argentoratum ⓘ
Roman–Alemannic wars → hasPart → Battle of Argentoratum ⓘ
Julian II → battle → Battle of Argentoratum ⓘ
Julianus Apostata → battle → Battle of Argentoratum ⓘ