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Crocus, ‘King of the Alamanni’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2010

John F. Drinkwater
John F. Drinkwater
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Nottingham University, john.f.drinkwater@nottingham.ac.uk
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Crocus was an authentic historical fgure. His infuence at the court of Constantius I may be explained in a number of ways, the most plausible being that he provided signifcant military assistance as leader of an unusually large force of warriors from the interior of Germania, not local Alamanni.

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Britannia , Volume 40 , November 2009, pp. 185 - 195
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Copyright © John F. Drinkwater 2009. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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