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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 4145073, member: 84905"]Someone pointed out that the Alamannia Devicta folles of Constantine II were minted in AD 326 or earlier, implying that the date AD 331 for the adoption of the Alamannicus name must be wrong. I don't doubt that the coins date to AD 326 or earlier. However, it seems that the honorific title "Alamannicus" was only bestowed a few years later in AD 331. Hence the Devicta of Alamannia in the 320s apparently led to the adoption of the name Alamannicus in 331.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw. in the course of the 4th century the Alamanni penetrated deeper and deeper into Roman territory, suggesting that these celebrated victories were less significant than the coins suggest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 4145073, member: 84905"]Someone pointed out that the Alamannia Devicta folles of Constantine II were minted in AD 326 or earlier, implying that the date AD 331 for the adoption of the Alamannicus name must be wrong. I don't doubt that the coins date to AD 326 or earlier. However, it seems that the honorific title "Alamannicus" was only bestowed a few years later in AD 331. Hence the Devicta of Alamannia in the 320s apparently led to the adoption of the name Alamannicus in 331. Btw. in the course of the 4th century the Alamanni penetrated deeper and deeper into Roman territory, suggesting that these celebrated victories were less significant than the coins suggest.[/QUOTE]
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