Priarius Explained

Priarius (- 378) was a king of the Lentienses, a sub-tribe of the Alemanni, in the 4th century. He is mentioned by Ammianus Marcellinus. In 378, Priarius fought the Western Roman Empire at Battle of Argentovaria, near Neuf-Brisach, France, in which he was defeated and killed.^[1]

Further reading

• Dieter Geuenich: Geschichte der Alemannen. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, 2. revised edition.,, pp. 31, 63, 162, 171 (German)
• Dieter Geuenich: Lentienses. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2. edition, volume 18, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2001,, pp. 266–267 (German)
• Moritz Schönfeld: Lentienses. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Band XII,2, Stuttgart 1925, Sp. 1944 (German)

Notes and References

1. Book: Hussey . Joan Mervyn . The Cambridge Medieval History . 1957 . CUP Archive . 252–253 . 21 August 2018 . en.