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Juthungi

260 CE – 430 CE (approx.)

A Germanic people north of the Danube in Bavaria and Franconia who raided Roman Italy in the 3rd century and were later absorbed into the Alemanni.

Origins

The Juthungi were probably a branch of the Semnones who settled north of the upper Danube after the fall of the Raetian Limes. They first appear around 260; an altar found at Augsburg in 1992 records a Roman victory over 'Semnones or Iouthungi' who were returning from Italy with thousands of captives.

Rule and society

Their society was led by warrior elites capable of mounting long-range raids. In 270 they invaded Italy, and the historian Dexippus preserves a speech of their envoys to Emperor Aurelian claiming 40,000 horsemen. Aurelian defeated them, and Rome later recruited Juthungi as soldiers.

Decline and legacy

Juthungi raided Raetia again in the 350s and 383, and Aetius fought them in 429 to 430, their last mention. They are generally thought to have merged with the Alemanni, whose Bavarian and Franconian neighbours inherited their land.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

JuthungiAlemanni 213 CE – 506 CE

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Juthungi. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/juthungi
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“Juthungi.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/juthungi. Accessed .
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Harvard
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