The battle of Argentovaria was fought in May 378 between the Roman emperor Gratian and the invading army of the Lentienses, at Argentovaria (near Colmar, France). With this defeat, the Lentienses disappear from history. Events Mid-February: Lentienses cross frozen Rhine, invading Roman Empire. ... The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus). ... The Lentienses (German Lentienser), were an alamannic Tribe, located in the region between the river Danube in the north, the river Iller in the west and the Lake Constance in the south in today’s south Germany. ... For the 12th century canon lawyer, see Gratian (jurist). ... Events Mid-February: Lentienses cross frozen Rhine, invading Roman Empire. ... Roman Emperor is the title historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... For the 12th century canon lawyer, see Gratian (jurist). ... The Lentienses (German Lentienser), were an alamannic Tribe, located in the region between the river Danube in the north, the river Iller in the west and the Lake Constance in the south in today’s south Germany. ... Houses on a canal, Colmar Location within France Colmar is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin département of Alsace, France. ...

The king of Lentenses, Priarius, died during the battle. Gratian, who had given the command of the army for the battle to Naniemus and Mallobaudes, gained the title of Alemannicus Maximus.

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• Ammianus Marcellinus XV 4 and XXXI 10