Germanic confederation on the upper Rhine that raided Roman territory for nearly three centuries and occupied the Agri Decumates, until defeated by Clovis at the Battle of Tolbiac in 496 CE.
Conquered by the Frankish king Clovis I at the Battle of Tolbiac (~496 CE) and incorporated into the Frankish kingdom; became the Alamannia duchy under Merovingian overlordship.
The dedicated monograph on Alamannic history from their first appearance in 213 CE to Frankish conquest; Oxford University Press.
Places the Alemanni within the broader context of Germanic migrations and the transformation of the Roman West.