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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Chapters: 350, 350s births, 350s deaths, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, Battle of Strasbourg, Pelagius, Eustorgius I, Chronography of 354, Arsenius the Great, Council of Seleucia, Vigilius of Trent, Murong Chong, Siege of Amida, Jewish revolt against Gallus, Daughter of Julius Constantius, Plutarch of Athens, Battle of Mursa Major, List of state leaders in 359, List of state leaders in 356, List of state leaders in 355, List of state leaders in 351, List of state leaders in 352, List of state leaders in 353, List of state leaders in 357, List of state leaders in 358, List of state leaders in 354, Battle of Brumath, Hoshaiah, Siege of Senonae, Siege of Autun, Battle of Mons Seleucus, Battle of Durocortorum, Ziezi, List of state leaders in 350. Excerpt: The Battle of Strasbourg, also known as the Battle of Argentoratum, was fought in 357 between the Late Roman army under the Caesar (deputy emperor) Julian and the Alamanni tribal confederation led by the joint paramount king Chnodomar. The battle took place near Strasbourg (Alsace, France), called Argentoratum in Ammianus Marcellinus' account, Argentorate in the Tabula Peutingeriana (Section 2). Although probably outnumbered by a substantial margin, Julian's army won a complete victory after a hard-fought struggle. With negligible casualties of their own, the Romans drove the Alamanni beyond the river Rhine inflicting heavy losses. Julian's force, the imperial escort army of Gaul, was small but of high-quality. The battle was won by the skill of the Roman infantry, with the cavalry initially performing poorly. The battle was the climax of Julian's campaigns in 355-7 to evict barbarian marauders from Gaul and to restore the Roman defensive line of fortifications along the Rhine, which had been largely destroyed during the Roman civil war of 350-3. In the years following his victory at Strasbourg, Julian was able to repair and garrison the Rhine forts and impose tributary status on the Germanic tribes beyond the border. By far the most detailed and reliable source for the battle, and Julian's Gallic campaign (355-60) generally, is the Res Gestae (Histories) of Ammianus Marcellinus, a contemporary historian. Ammianus was a Greek career soldier who joined the army before 350 and served until at least 363. Enlisted as a protector (cadet senior officer), he served as a staff officer under magister equitum Ursicinus and then under Julian himself in the latter's Persian campaign. He had experience of the Gallic front as he was involved in the suppression of the revolt of Claudius Silvanus, the magister equitum (commander-in-chief) in Gaul (355). His personal experience in the contemporary Roman high command makes him a reliable and valuable source. However, his narrative re

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