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The Lentienses (German Lentienser) were an Alamanni
Alamanni

The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic languagess located around the upper Main river . One of the earliest references to them is the cognomen Alamannicus assumed by Caracalla, who ruled the Roman Empire from 211?17 and claimed thereby to be their defeater....
c tribe
Tribe

A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.Many anthropologists use the term to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups ....
 in the region between the river Danube in the North, the river Iller
Iller

The Iller is a river in Bavaria, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube River, 147 km in length.The source is located near Oberstdorf in the Allg?u region of the Alps, close to the Austrian border....
 in the East, and Lake Constance
Lake Constance

Under the designation Lake Constance one summarizes the three independent Body of water Obersee , Untersee and Seerhein , lying in the northern Alps foreland....
 in the South, in what is now south Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. They were reported to be one of the most rebellious tribes at the time. There are only two mentions of the Lentienses, both by the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus
Ammianus Marcellinus

Ammianus Marcellinus was a fourth-century Ancient Rome historian. His is the last major historical account of the late Roman empire which survives today....
  (330
330

Events...
–395
395

Sorry, no overview for this topic
).

First, they appeared in the year 355
355

Events...
 when the Roman commander Arbetio was ordered by Emperor Constantius II
Constantius II

Flavius Iulius Constantius, known in English as Constantius II was a Roman Emperor of the Constantinian dynasty....
 to fine the Lentienses for several incursions the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
.






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The Lentienses (German Lentienser) were an Alamanni
Alamanni

The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic languagess located around the upper Main river . One of the earliest references to them is the cognomen Alamannicus assumed by Caracalla, who ruled the Roman Empire from 211?17 and claimed thereby to be their defeater....
c tribe
Tribe

A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.Many anthropologists use the term to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups ....
 in the region between the river Danube in the North, the river Iller
Iller

The Iller is a river in Bavaria, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube River, 147 km in length.The source is located near Oberstdorf in the Allg?u region of the Alps, close to the Austrian border....
 in the East, and Lake Constance
Lake Constance

Under the designation Lake Constance one summarizes the three independent Body of water Obersee , Untersee and Seerhein , lying in the northern Alps foreland....
 in the South, in what is now south Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. They were reported to be one of the most rebellious tribes at the time. There are only two mentions of the Lentienses, both by the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus
Ammianus Marcellinus

Ammianus Marcellinus was a fourth-century Ancient Rome historian. His is the last major historical account of the late Roman empire which survives today....
  (330
330

Events...
–395
395

Sorry, no overview for this topic
).

First, they appeared in the year 355
355

Events...
 when the Roman commander Arbetio was ordered by Emperor Constantius II
Constantius II

Flavius Iulius Constantius, known in English as Constantius II was a Roman Emperor of the Constantinian dynasty....
 to fine the Lentienses for several incursions the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
. Secondly, they were mentioned in 378
378

Events...
 when they crossed the frozen Rhine
Crossing of the Rhine

The date 31 December 406, is the often-repeated date of the crossing of the Rhine by a mixed group of barbarians that included Vandals, Alans and Suebi....
, invading the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
. They were defeated by the Roman emperor Gratianus in the Battle of Argentovaria
Battle of Argentovaria

The Battle of Argentovaria was fought in May 378 between the Roman emperor Gratian and the invading army of the Lentienses, at Argentovaria . With this defeat, the Lentienses disappear from history....
 (modern Colmar
Colmar

Colmar is a town and communes of France in the Haut-Rhin departments of France of Alsace, France, of which it is the Prefectures in France ....
 in Alsace
Alsace

Alsace is the fourth-smallest of the 26 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the sixth-most densely populated region in France , with 222 inhabitants per km? ....
), when their king, Priarius, died. This battle was the last campaign by any Roman Emperor behind the Limes area. It was also the last time the name Lentienses was mentioned in historical documents.

The Latin name "Lentienes" was formed from the name of the Celt
Celt

Celts , is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic languages. The term is also used in a wider sense to describe the Modern Celts of those peoples, notably those who participate in a Celtic culture....
ic village Lentia; today a region north of Lake Constance is called Linzgau
Linzgau

Linzgau is a region in southern Germany in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg north of Lake Constance and south of the Danube valley. It is bounded by Lake Constance on the south, the Hegau on the west, the Danube valley on the north, and the Schussen River on the east....
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