The Juthungi: Storm of the 3rd Century

The Juthungi were a Germanic people north of the Danube who in the 3rd century AD appeared as feared cavalry warriors. They are reckoned close to the Suebian sphere and to the prehistory of the Alemanni.

Thrusts as far as Italy

In the "crisis of the empire" of the 3rd century the Juthungi crossed the Danube several times, partly as far as northern Italy. In AD 260 and 271 there were great battles with Roman armies.

The Augsburg victory altar

A unique find attests them: the Augsburg victory altar (259/260) names a Roman victory over the Juthungi and the freeing of thousands of Italian captives. Thus the Juthungi step out of the fog of the written sources into a real stone testimony.

"… after the victory over the Juthungi and the freeing of many thousands of captives."after the Augsburg victory altar (public domain, own translation)

The Juthungi belong to the prehistory of the Alemanni. Continue with the Alemanni and Semnones.

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Sources & literature

Augsburg victory altar; Dexippus (fragments); quote public domain (own translation).

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