Strasburg jangi - Battle of Strasbourg

Strasburg jangi
Rim-Alamanni ziddiyatining bir qismi
Bosh qismi (old tomonida) ko'rsatilgan tanga Julian (imperator sifatida chiqarilgan, 361-3) bilan diadem va (teskari) sochlar va afsonalar bilan tiz cho'kkan asirga tushgan askar VIRTUS EXERCITUS ROMANORUM ("Rim armiyasining jasorati"). Oltin Solidus. Sirmiy yalpiz
Sana Milodiy 357 Manzil Yaqin Strasburg (zamonaviy Elzas, Frantsiya) Koordinatalar: 48 ° 34′25,7 ″ N. 7 ° 45′07,8 ″ E / 48.573806 ° N 7.752167 ° E / 48.573806; 7.752167 Natija Rimning g'alabasi
Urushayotganlar
G'arbiy Rim imperiyasi	Alamanni
Qo'mondonlar va rahbarlar
Julian (Qaysar) Severus (otliqlar ustasi)	Chnodomar (oliy qirol) Serapio (2-buyruq)
Kuch
13,000[1] – 15,000[2] shu jumladan 3000 ga yaqin otliqlar[3]	15,000[4] - 35000 jangchi[5] (o'rta nuqta: 25,000)
Yo'qotishlar va yo'qotishlar
243 kishi o'ldirilgan[6]	8000 o'lik[7] • jang maydonida 6000 kishi[6] • 2000 ta suv bosgan o'tish joyi The Reyn daryosi[6]
Jangning zamonaviy doiradagi joylashuvi Frantsiya

The Strasburg jangi, deb ham tanilgan Argentoratum jangi, o'rtasida 357 yilda kurashgan G'arbiy Rim qo'shini ostida Qaysar (imperator o'rinbosari) Julian va Alamanni qo'shma ustun podshoh boshchiligidagi qabila konfederatsiyasi Chnodomar. Jang yaqinda bo'lib o'tdi Strasburg (Elzas, Frantsiya), deb nomlangan Argentoratum yilda Ammianus Marcellinus "hisob qaydnomasi, Argentorate ichida Tabula Peutingeriana (2-bo'lim).

Rim armiyasi katta miqdordagi ustunlikka ega bo'lsa-da, Alamanni bilan qattiq kurash olib borganidan keyin qat'iy g'alabaga erishdi. Rimliklar o'zlarining ahamiyatsiz qurbonlari bilan, katta yo'qotishlarga olib, Alamanni daryoning narigi tomoniga haydab chiqarishdi. Rim kuchi, Julianning imperator eskort armiyasi kichik, ammo sifatli edi. Jang Rim piyoda qo'shinlari mahorati bilan g'alaba qozondi, Rim otliq qo'shinlari dastlab yomon harakat qilishdi.

Bu jang Julianning 355-57 yillarda uydan haydash kampaniyasining avj nuqtasi edi barbar qaroqchilar Galliya davomida va asosan vayron bo'lgan Reyn bo'ylab Rim mudofaa chizig'ini tiklash 350-53 yillardagi Rim fuqarolar urushi. Strasburgdagi g'alabasidan keyingi yillarda Julian Reyn qalalarini ta'mirlab, garnizon qilib, german qabilalariga chegaradan tashqarida irmoq maqomini berishga muvaffaq bo'ldi.

Manbalar

Jang uchun eng batafsil va ishonchli manba va Julianning Gallik kampaniyasi (355-60) odatda Res Gestae (Tarixlar) ning Ammianus Marcellinus, zamonaviy tarixchi. Ammianus Yunonistonda 350 yildan oldin armiyaga qo'shilgan va kamida 363 yilgacha xizmat qilgan.^[8] A sifatida ro'yxatga olingan himoyachi (kursant katta ofitser), u ostida xodim ofitseri bo'lib xizmat qilgan magistr tengligi Ursicinus va keyinchalik Julianning o'zi bilan ikkinchisining fors kampaniyasida. Garchi u Strasburgda bo'lmagan bo'lsa ham, Galli frontini boshdan kechirgan, chunki u isyonni bostirishda qatnashgan. Klavdiy Silvanus, magistr tengligi (bosh qo'mondon) Galliyada (355).^[9] Biroq, uning hikoyasi Julianning ehtirosli hayratini ochib beradi va vaqti-vaqti bilan darajaga tushadi maqtov. Bundan tashqari, u voqeadan taxminan 40 yil o'tib yozayotganda, ehtimol Ammianus, Julianning Strasburg kampaniyasi haqidagi esdaliklariga (agar biz uni nashr etganini bilsak, yo'qolgan) ishongan bo'lsa kerak.^[10] Shunday qilib, Ammianusning yozuvi, ehtimol Julianning o'zining tashviqotini aks ettiradi. Bundan tashqari, Ammianusning qaydnomasi notekis sifatli, ko'p bo'shliqlar va ba'zi bir-biriga zid elementlar mavjud.

5-asrning oxiri Vizantiya tarixchi Zosimus "s Yangi Tarix jang bilan shug'ullanadi va Julianning Gallik kampaniyasi qisqacha tarzda va Ammianusning hisobiga ozgina qo'shadi. Ammo Zosimus foydalidir, chunki uning Magnitsiy (350-3) qo'zg'oloni haqidagi hikoyasi, Ammianusdan farqli o'laroq saqlanib qoladi, bu uning tarixining yo'qolgan 13 kitobida mavjud edi.

Zamonaviy ritorik Livan 363 yilda Julianning dafn marosimini o'tkazgan, uning matni omon qolgan. Bu erda Ammianusda yo'qolgan jang haqida ba'zi tafsilotlar mavjud bo'lib, ular Julianning atrofidagi odamlardan o'rgangan. Ammo uning ma'ruzasi tarixiy rivoyat emas, balki maqtovga mo'ljallanganligi sababli, uning Julianning kampaniyasi haqidagi bayonoti ishonchli emas va qarama-qarshilik mavjud bo'lgan joyda Ammianusning versiyasiga ustunlik berish kerak.

Imperator Julianning o'zi Reyndagi kampaniyalarining xotirasini nashr etdi, endi yo'qolgan. Uning Afinaliklarga maktub, uning amakivachchasi va katta imperatorga qarshi isyonini oqlashga urinish Konstantiy II, Reyn kampaniyalarining ba'zi tafsilotlarini o'z ichiga oladi.

Alamanni

Alamanni konfederatsiyasi hududining vaqtning turli nuqtalarida joylashganligini ko'rsatuvchi xarita. Dan kelib chiqqan Asosiy daryo Shimoliy mintaqada, Alamanni qabilalari Julian davrida tashkil topgan Agri dekumates (Qora o'rmon ) mintaqa (qizil soya). Bu ilgari Rimning bir qismi bo'lgan Germaniya Superior viloyat, ammo 3-asr o'rtalarida rimliklar tomonidan evakuatsiya qilingan

III asr davomida kichik va tarqoq qabilalar Germaniya Libera ("erkin Germaniya", ya'ni imperiya tashqarisidagi Germaniya) aftidan katta, bo'shashgan konfederatsiyalarga birlashdi: the Franks (NW Germaniya), Alamanni (SW Germaniya) va Burgundiyaliklar (Markaziy Germaniya).^[11] Garchi bu ichki konfederatsiyalar bir-biriga qarshi kurashgan bo'lsa-da, bu konfederatsiyalar katta kuchlarni safarbar qilishi mumkin va imperiya uchun ilgari o'ylanganidan ham katta xavf tug'dirishi mumkin edi.

Asli alamanni Asosiy Markaziy Germaniya vodiysi, mustamlaka bo'lgan Agri dekumates (taxminan zamonaviy holat Baden-Vyurtemberg 3-asr o'rtalarida Rim provinsiyasiga mansub bo'lganidan keyin mintaqa rimliklar tomonidan evakuatsiya qilinganida Germaniya Superior 150 yildan ortiq. Alamanni kichik bir qator tashkil etdi pagi ("kantonlar"), asosan, Reynning Sharqiy qirg'og'i bo'ylab joylashgan (garchi bir nechtasi ichki qismida bo'lsa ham).^[12] Ularning aniq soni va darajasi pagi tushunarsiz va ehtimol vaqt o'tishi bilan o'zgargan. Pagi, odatda juftliklar pagi birlashgan, shakllangan shohliklar (regna), odatda, doimiy va irsiy bo'lgan deb hisoblashadi.^[13]

Germaniyaning umumiy aholisi Alamanniya bu vaqtda juda kichik 120,000 - 150,000 ga baholangan. Bu Roman Galliyasining 10 millionga yaqin aholisi bilan taqqoslaganda.^[14] Alamanni jamiyati ziddiyatli jangchi-jamiyat, feodal klanlarga asoslangan, yaxshi jangchilar uchun yaxshi zamin bo'lgan.^[15]

Strasburgning shu davrida Alamanni konfederatsiyasi ikkita eng buyuk shohning raisligi ostida bo'lgan ko'rinadi, Chnodomar va Westralp.^[16] Chnodomar harakatlantiruvchi kuch edi. Boy, qudratli va g'ayratli odam unga laqab qo'yishdi Gigas Rimliklar tomonidan ("Gigant").^[17] U o'zining "miltillovchi" dubulg'asida (ehtimol oltin bargli) va to'liq parad zirhida dahshatli ko'rinish edi. U Ammianus tomonidan Galliya bosqini ortidagi "yovuz usta" sifatida tasvirlangan.^[18] Birinchi darajali podshoh ostida yana 7 ta shoh (reglar). Balki mayda qirollar (reguli) Ammianus tomonidan eslatib o'tilgan pagi. Qirollik tabaqasi ostida dvoryanlar (chaqirilgan) bor edi optimatlar rimliklar tomonidan) va jangchilar (armati). Jangchilar professional jangovar kamarlardan va ozod erkaklar yig'imlaridan iborat edi.^[19] Har bir zodagon o'rtacha 50 ga yaqin jangchini tarbiyalashi mumkin edi.^[20]

Ma'lumot: Galliyaning barbarlar istilosi

Shimoliy-sharqiy Galliya va Julian davrida Rim imperiyasining Reyn chegarasi

Imperator Konstantiy II (337-61 hukmronlik qilgan), Julianning amakivachchasi va ustun. Uch o'g'il va vorislaridan biri Buyuk Konstantin I, u 350 yilda ikki akasidan omon qoldi va yakka imperator bo'ldi. U davrning aksariyat nasroniy imperatorlari singari halo bilan tasvirlangan. Ning qo'lyozmasidagi portret 354 yil xronografiyasi, Rim

350 yanvarda Rim imperiyasini ikki o'g'li birgalikda boshqargan Buyuk Konstantin I, Augusti (qo'shma imperatorlar) Konstans, G'arbni boshqargan va Konstantiy II Sharqda (uchinchi birodar, Konstantin II, 340 yilda Konstans agentlari tomonidan ag'darilgan va o'ldirilgan).

Ammo o'sha oyda Konstans o'zboshimchalik bilan ag'darilib o'ldirilgan edi Magnentius, a laetus bo'lgan Galliyadan keladi (qo'mondon) Konstansdagi elita brigadasi comitatus (imperator eskort armiyasi).^[21] Sharqda Konstantiy uzoq yillarga qarshi urush olib borgan Forslar ostida Shoh Shopur II (337-350). Ammo u darhol Magnentius bilan muomala qilish uchun sulh tuzdi. U o'zinikini boshqargan comitatus ga Illyricum u erda u mahalliy qo'mondonlikni o'z zimmasiga oldi comitatus shuningdek, uning birlashgan zarba kuchini taxminan 60 mingga etkazdi.^[22] Magnentius Galliyadan iborat qo'shin yig'di comitatus (taxminan 25000 kishi) va ehtimol ba'zi franklar va Saksoniya foederati (ittifoqchilar) va Konstantiyga qarshi turish uchun Illyricumga yurishdi.^[23] (Muddatni tushuntirish uchun comitatus, qarang Kech Rim qo'shini ).

Reyn chegarasidagi franklar va alamannilar endi Fuqarolar urushida eng yaxshi Rim kuchlarining yo'qligi tufayli berilgan imkoniyatdan foydalanib sharqiy Galliyaning katta qismini bosib olishdi. Raetiya.^[24] Libaniusning ta'kidlashicha, ularni Magnantiyning orqasida burilish yasash uchun Konstantiyning xatlari bunga undagan.^[25] Barbarlar Reyn bo'yidagi ko'plab Rim qal'alarini egallab olishdi, ularning istehkomlarini buzishdi va daryoning G'arbiy qirg'og'ida doimiy lagerlar tashkil etishdi, ular fuqarolik urushi davom etgan to'rt yil ichida (350-3) Galliyani o'ldirish uchun asos sifatida foydalandilar. . 20 mingdan ortiq Rim fuqarosi Galliyadan o'g'irlab ketilgani va Alamanni dalalarida ishlashga majbur qilinganligi haqida xabar berilgan.^[26][27] O'z navbatida, bu ko'pchilikni o'rim-yig'im davridan ozod qilish orqali Alamannining Galliyadagi reydini kuchaytirgan bo'lar edi.

Ayni paytda, Rimning eng yaxshi qo'shinlari, shu jumladan Galliyaning ko'p qismi comitatus va ehtimol Sharqiy / Illyricum qo'shma kuchlarining yarmi fuqarolar urushida yo'q qilingan. Da Mursa jangi Rim tarixidagi eng qonli odamlardan biri bo'lgan Pannoniyada (351) Magnentsiy taxminan 24000 kishini yo'qotgan (ehtimol armiyasining uchdan ikki qismi). Konstantiy armiyasi g'alaba qozongan bo'lsa-da, undan ham katta yo'qotishlarga duch keldi (30 mingga yaqin).^[28] Da so'nggi uchrashuv Mons Selevk jangi Alp tog'larida yana katta talofatlar ko'rildi. Birinchi darajali qo'shinlarning bunday katta yo'qotishlarini tezda yoki osonlik bilan almashtirish mumkin emas edi. Hozir Milanda joylashgan Konstantiysga qariyb 30 ming kishilik eskort qo'shini qoldi, ammo Illyricum va Sharq ulardan mahrum qilindi comitatus. Fors hujumlarining yangilanishi bilan Sharq kuchaytirish uchun birinchi o'ringa, Illyricum esa ikkinchi o'ringa ko'tarildi.^[29] Bunday sharoitda Konstantiy 13000 kishidan iborat hududda faqat Galliya uchun yordam bera oladi comitatus, oldingi kuchining taxminan yarmi. Frankda tug'ilgan general Silvanus uning qo'mondoni etib tayinlandi (magistr tengligi).

O'zidan foydalanish comitatus, Konstantiy Alamanni Raetiyadan haydab chiqarishga muvaffaq bo'ldi (354) va janubiy Alamanniya shohlarini bog'lab qo'ydi, Vadomarius va Gundomadus, ittifoq shartnomasi bilan.^[30] Ayni paytda Silvanus Galliyadagi vaziyatni tiklashda katta yutuqlarga erishdi. Ammo keyingi yili (355) Silvanus imperator saroyida unga qarshi yolg'on ayblovlar bilan o'zini imperator deb e'lon qildi. Koloniya (Kyoln ) va o'z odamlarini Konstantiyga qarshi qo'zg'olonga boshlagan. Konstantiy bunga javoban Kyolnga uchuvchi tarkibni yubordi protectores domestici (imperator shtab-ofitserlari), shu jumladan Ursisinus qo'mondonligi ostida bo'lajak tarixchi Ammianusning o'zi. Tez orada ular Silvanusni o'ldirishga tayyor bo'lib, kengroq isyonni oldini olishdi. Ammo silkitilgan imperator o'zining imperatorlik sulolasining a'zosiga muhtojligiga qaror qildi (The Konstantin uyi, Rimliklarga Flavii, Buyuk Konstantinning klan nomidan keyin) imperiyani boshqarish og'irliklarini baham ko'rish uchun. Barcha qarindoshlariga qattiq shubha bilan qaragan va allaqachon 2 amakisi va 7 amakivachchasini, shu jumladan Julianning ukasini o'ldirgan paranoyak hukmdor uchun bu juda qiyin qaror edi. Konstantiy Gall. (Garchi Konstantin uyi xristianlik e'tiqodini e'tirof etgan birinchi Rim imperatorlik sulolasi bo'lsa-da, uning ichki mojarolari avvalgilariga o'xshab shafqatsiz edi). U amakivachchasi Julianni tayinladi Qaysar (imperator o'rinbosari) "Uch galya" uchun (Galliya, Ispaniya va Buyuk Britaniya yeparxiyalari) va unga Galliyadagi kuchlarga umumiy qo'mondonlikni berdi.^[31] Uchrashuv Milandagi qo'shinlar tomonidan ishtiyoq bilan kutib olingan bo'lsada, umuman 23 yoshda bo'lgan, harbiy tajribaga ega bo'lmagan va shu paytgacha Afinada falsafani o'rganishga sarflagan Julianga o'xshamas edi.^[32][33] Ammo Konstantiyning o'z oilasini tozalashlari unga juda oz tanlov qoldirgan edi: Julian uning tirik qolgan yagona erkak qarindoshi edi.

Julianga buyruq berayotganda uning oldida turgan vazifa juda qiyin edi. Fuqarolar urushi Galliyani xaotik holatda qoldirgan edi.^[31] Reynning mudofaa chizig'i asosan qulab tushdi. Ammianusning so'zlariga ko'ra, Mogontiakum (Maynts ), Borbetomagus (Qurtlar ), Nemetae Vangionum (Speyer ), Tabernae (Saverne ), Saliso (Brumat) va Argentorate (Strasburg ) barchasi nemis qo'lida edi. Kattalashgan yirik shaharidan tashqari Koloniya Agrippina (Kyoln ), Reynda faqat uchta kuchli nuqta Rim qo'lida qoldi: Köln yaqinidagi bitta minora va ikkita qal'a, Rigodunum (Remagen ) va Konfluentlar (Koblenz ).^[34] Barbarlarning yirik guruhlari xohlaganicha shimoliy-sharqiy Galliyani kezib yurib, talon-taroj qilar edilar Sena daryosi.^[35] Qaroqchilarning to'dasi shunchalik ko'p ediki, Silvanus pistirma xavfi tufayli Galliyaning markazidagi o'rmonli magistral bo'ylab katta kuchni (8000 kishi) boshqarganligi uchun jasur odam edi.^[36] Bundan tashqari, Rim limaneey (Chegara mudofaasi kuchlari) Reyn bo'ylab ularning ko'plab qal'alari nemislarga qulashi bilan yo'q qilindi, shu bilan birga omon qolgan birliklar asosan chegaradan garnizon Gaul shaharlarigacha chekinishdi. Milandagi Konstantiy sudidagi kiniklar Julianga Konstantiyni taxt uchun potentsial raqibidan xalos qilish uchun imkonsiz topshiriq berilgan deb pichirladilar.^[37] Biroq, ushbu tadbirda u samarali harbiy rahbarni isbotlab, barchani hayratda qoldirdi.

Prelude

Barbarning portreti. Konstantinopoldagi Buyuk saroydan mozaikaning parchasi. 6-asr

Havodan ko'rish Koloniya Agrippina (Köln, Germaniya) Rim davrida. Izoh (pastki o'ngda) ning Konstantiniya qal'asi Divitiya (Deutz ) ning qarama-qarshi qirg'og'ida Reyn. Uning asosiy vazifasi yangi qurilgan ko'prikka (310) yaqinlashishni himoya qilish va daryoda harakatlanishni himoya qilish uchun tayanch vazifasini bajarish edi. Kechki davrda Reyn-Dunay chegarasi bo'ylab bir nechta bunday daryolar qal'alari qurilgan. 353 yilda Köln ishdan bo'shatilgan va franklar tomonidan ishg'ol qilingan va 356 yilda Julian tomonidan qaytarib olingan

Ning ko'rinishi Saverne (o'ngdagi shahar) tog 'etagidan Vosges tog'lar. Tepada turli davrlarning, jumladan O'rta asr Chateau de Geroldseck (o'ngda) qo'rg'onlari xarobalari mavjud. Nomi bilan tanilgan shaharcha Tres Tabernae ("Uch mehmonxona") rimliklarga, Elzasdan Galliyaga Vosges orqali asosiy Rim magistral yo'lini bosib o'tdi. Strasburg rasmning o'ng chetidan 30 km uzoqlikda joylashgan

7-asr paradini qayta qurish dubulg'a topilgan Satton Hoo Angliya-sakson qirollari dafn etilgan joy. Rimning "tizma-dubulg'asi" deb nomlangan dizayniga asoslanib, ushbu dubulg'a odatda 4-6 asrlarda Rim otliqlari tomonidan ishlatilgan.^[38] Qirollik uchun mo'ljallangan ushbu qimmat, juda bezakli versiya, ehtimol, Ammianus tomonidan tasvirlangan Chnodomarning "miltillovchi dubulg'asiga" o'xshaydi (XVI.12.24). Yuz qo'riqchisiga yopishtirilgan soxta qoshlar, mo'ylovlar va lablarga e'tibor bering

4-asrning so'nggi Rim askarlari, asosan barbar tug'ilgan, Teodosius obelisk bazasida (orqa qatorda) tasvirlangan Konstantinopol. Polk kulonlari va uzun sochlar bilan bo'yinbog'larga e'tibor bering, bu printsipning qisqa sochlar me'yoridan farqli o'laroq, barbarlar tomonidan yollanganlar tomonidan olib kelingan.

Shaxsiy otliq eskorti sifatida Konstantiy Julianga 200 ta yordam berdi olimlar, bir polk katafraktariya (og'ir zirhli otliqlar) va ba'zi otliqlar (jami 360 kishi)^[39]).^[40] Galliyaga Milandan Taurinida (Turin ), u Rimning Reyndagi eng muhim shahri va harbiy qal'asi bo'lgan Kölnning franklar qo'liga o'tganligi to'g'risida halokatli xabar oldi.^[41] U 355/356 yil qishni o'z qo'shinlari bilan Venada o'tkazdi (Vena ), Lugdunumdan janubda (Lyons ). 356 saylovoldi tashviqoti mavsumida Julianning birinchi vazifasi asosiy Galliya bilan bog'lanish edi comitatus, Remida qishlagan (Reyms ) buyrug'i bilan magistr tengligi, Ursicinusning yaqinda tayinlangan vorisi Marcellus. Bu Alamanni reyd guruhlari bilan to'lib-toshgan mamlakat bo'ylab uzoq yurishni o'z ichiga oladi, ularning ko'pchiligi Julianning eskorti va pistirmadagi mutaxassisdan kattaroq yoki kattaroq edi. Yo'lda Julian hayron bo'lib, Augustodunumni o'rab olgan katta barbar kuchini haydab yubordi (Autun ) va reyd guruhini mag'lub etdi Morvan cho'l.^[42]

Reymsda Julian o'zining qo'mondonlari bilan konferentsiyada to'g'ridan-to'g'ri Elzas tomon yurish va mintaqadagi Rim boshqaruvini tiklash orqali manbada Alamanni muammosini hal qilishga qaror qilib, o'ziga xos jasoratini namoyish etdi.^[43] Yo'lda, ammo uning armiyasi pistirmaga uchradi va Dekem Pagida deyarli yo'q qilindi (Dieuze ) zich tuman ichida ustunning qolgan qismi bilan aloqani uzgan ikkita qo'riqchi legioniga tushgan katta nemis guruhi tomonidan. Ular qutqarib qolishdi palatina auksilia shov-shuvni eshitgan polklar.^[44] Brotomagusga o'tish (Brumat ) Elzasda Julian armiyasi daladagi yana bir nemis guruhini tor-mor qildi.^[45]

Ammo Elzasdagi vaziyatni baholagandan so'ng, Julian, shubhasiz, faqat Alamanni ustidan g'alaba qozonish uchun uning kuchi etarli emas deb qaror qildi. Buning o'rniga u Kyolnni tiklashga kirishdi.^[46] Metzdan u Treviri orqali o'z qo'shinini boshqargan (Trier ) Rim nazorati ostidagi Koblenzga va undan Reyn bo'ylab Kölnga. Vayronaga aylangan shaharga qarshiliksiz kirgan Julian odamlari shahar devorlarini tiklash uchun ishlashga kirishdilar. Keyin Julian franklar bilan tinchlik shartnomasini tuzdi.^[47] Bu qarama-qarshilikning teng yarmini tenglamadan olib tashlash va Julianga o'z resurslarini Alamanni bilan ishlashga yo'naltirishga imkon berishning muhim natijasi bo'ldi.

356/7 qish uchun u Senonesni tanladi (Sens ) Parij yaqinida o'zining qishlash bazasi sifatida, ammo boshqa shaharlarda, shu qatorda Markelus boshchiligidagi Reymsdagi asosiy organda o'z qo'shinlarining ko'pini yukni tarqatish uchun joylashtirdi. Ammo Alamannining katta guruhi uning eskorti kamayganligi haqida eshitib, uni Sensda qamal qildi.Julianning kuchlari bir oydan keyin nemislar chekinguncha ushlab turishga muvaffaq bo'lishdi. Dushman uning sonidan shunchalik ustun ediki, u shoshilinch ravishda quvib chiqa olmadi. Qamal paytida Marcellus unga yordam berolmadi. Ammianus tomonidan qo'rqoqlik deb e'lon qilingan ushbu kamchilik uchun Marcellus rad etildi magistr tengligi Konstantiy tomonidan va uning o'rniga Severus, Julian bilan ko'proq mos keladigan taniqli ofitser tayinlandi.^[48]

357 saylovoldi mavsumi uchun Konstantiyning Mediolanumdagi shtab-kvartirasida reja tuzildi (Milan ) sharqiy Galliyadagi alamannilarni qisqich harakati bilan tuzoqqa tushirish. Julian Reymsdan sharqqa, Konstantiyning asosiy qismi esa comitatus Italiyada (25,000 kuchli) yuborildi magister peditum (feldmarshal) Barbatio Augusta Rauracorumga (Augst ) Raetiyada, u Julian bilan uchrashish uchun shimolga qarab yurishi kerak edi. Alamanni guruhlari janubiy qismida burchak ostida vayron qilingan Germaniya I viloyat (Elzas ).^[49]

Ammo Alamannining katta guruhlari Rim manevrasi tahdidiga e'tibor bermay, boylarga bostirib kirib, ularni vayron qilishdi. Rhone vodiysi, hatto yirik Lugdunum shahrini olishga harakat qilmoqda (Lion ) hujum qilish orqali. Shaharning devorlari juda mustahkam bo'lganligi va garnizon, taxminlarga ko'ra, hujum qaytarildi limaneey qo'shinlar, juda jasur. Shunga qaramay, nemislar katta maydonni vayron qilishdi va katta miqdordagi o'ljani olishdi.^[50]

Biroq, nemislar endi Galliyaning ichki qismida qamalib qolishdi, chunki Reynga qaytish yo'li Rim qo'shinlari tomonidan taqiqlangan edi. Julianning sektorida Qaysar uchta yo'lda pistirmaga yotish uchun otliqlar otryadlarini jo'natdi va ular qaytayotgan barbar guruhlarini muvaffaqiyatli ushladilar va yo'q qildilar. Ammo Barbationing sektorida nemislarning asosiy qismiga beg'ubor o'tishga ruxsat berildi: Barbatoning shtab-kvartirasi boshlig'i Cella uning ikki otliq askarining shoshilinch iltimosini rad etdi. tribuni (polk komandirlari) Valentinianus (keyinchalik imperator) Valentin I hukmronligi 364-75) va Bainobaudes o'z otryadlarini dushman ishlatishini kutgan katta yo'lda joylashtirish uchun.^[51] Qochib ketgan kuch Reyndagi Strasburg yaqinidagi ba'zi orollarga etib bordi, u erda reyd guruhlari Rim pincer harakatiga javoban xavfsizlik uchun o'z lagerlarini ko'chirishgan. Shunga qaramay, Julian ularni qattiq ta'qib qildi. Garchi qayiqsiz bo'lsa-da, uning odamlari bitta orolga etib kelishdi, chunki yozgi qurg'oqchilik tufayli daryoning ba'zi joylarida bulog'iga aylanib qoldi. Butun reyd guruhi hayratga tushdi va o'ldirildi, yana bir nechta orollarda muvaffaqiyat takrorlandi. Bunga javoban nemislar qolgan orollarni evakuatsiya qildilar, tikuvchilik mollarini, yuklarini va o'ljalarini Reynning narigi tomoniga olib chiqdilar.^[52]

Julian endi diqqatini Tres Tabernadagi qal'ani tiklashga qaratdi (Saverne ), Alamanni tomonidan vayron qilingan. Saverne Mediomatrici ostiga tushib (Metz ) - Strasburg Rim shosse, orqali asosiy kirish yo'lining og'zida Vosges shimoliy Elzasga tog'lar, buyrug'i balandligi Reyn vodiysiga qaragan joy.

Ayni paytda, ehtimol Strasburg atrofida, Barbatio qo'shinining avangardi Julianning muovini Severusning qarorgohiga yaqinlashganda kuchli nemis kuchlari tomonidan pistirmaga tushgan edi. Avangard tartibsizlikda qochib ketdi va jalb etish o'rniga Barbatio o'z kuchining qolgan qismini shoshilinch chekinishga olib bordi, nemislarning yaqin ta'qibida, Elzasdan chiqib, Raetiyaga yaxshi yo'l ochdi, shu sababli uning tikuvchilarining ko'pini yo'qotdi hayvonlar va yuk. Keyin Julian bilan hamkorlik qilish eng yaxshi darajada istamagan Barbatio, Julianning ruxsatisiz o'z qo'shinini operatsiyalar teatridan butunlay chiqarib tashladi. U o'z kuchlarini Alp tog'lari bo'ylab Italiyadagi qishki binolarga yubordi, garchi u saylov kampaniyasining o'rtasi va Alamanni mag'lubiyatga uchramasligi yoki Elzasdan chiqarib yuborilganiga qaramay.^[53] Bu Elzasdagi Rim kuchlarini uchdan ikki qismga qisqartirdi va pincer strategiyasini samarali ravishda sabotaj qildi. Barbationing harakatlarini Konstantiy qo'zg'atganmi yoki yo'qmi noma'lum, ammo bu ehtimoldan yiroq ko'rinishi mumkin magistr imperatorning ma'qullashiga ishonch bo'lmasa, operatsiyalarni to'xtatishi mumkin edi. Ammianus, o'zi shubhali bo'lsa ham, Barbationing qo'rqoqligi va yomon xulq-atvoriga hech bo'lmaganda uning xatti-harakatlarining bir qismini bog'laydi.^[54]

Chnodomar Julianning Saverne shahrini mustahkamlashini e'tiborsiz qoldirolmadi, chunki bu uning Elzasdagi boshqaruviga tahdid qildi va uning Galliyaning ichki qismiga kirish yo'lini to'sib qo'ydi. U bu hududni bir necha yil bosib olganidan keyin bosib olish huquqi bilan Alamanni hududi sifatida ko'rishga kelgan edi. Shuningdek, u Konamanning Alamanniga ushbu erlarni egallash huquqini beradigan maktublari borligini da'vo qildi.^[55] Chnodomar Julianning 355-7 yillardagi muvaffaqiyatli yurishlaridan hayratda va hayratda edi. Ammo u Barbatioga qarshi o'z yutug'i va Barbationing chekinishi tufayli tark etganligi to'g'risida qochqin tomonidan unga etkazilgan razvedka bilan rag'batlantirildi. Qaysar atigi 13000 kishi bilan.^[1] Ikkala Rimni haydab magistri daladan (Barbatio va undan oldin, Magnentius leytenanti, Decentius ), Chnodomar barbarlarning Rimliklarga qarshi janglardan an'anaviy qo'rquvini yo'qotgan edi.^[56]

Alamanni oliy podshohlari endi barcha konfederatsiyaga a'zo qabilalarni Strasburgda to'plab, safarbar qilishni buyurdilar. Bundan tashqari, ular 355 yilda Konstantiy tomonidan tinchlantirilgan Raetiya yaqinidagi Alamanni kantonlarini o'z vaqtida qo'llab-quvvatladilar. Ularning rahbarlari Rimga qarshi to'ntarish natijasida ularni ag'darib tashlashdi. optimatlar. Gundomad o'ldirildi va Vadomar qilich urib o'z shartnomasini buzishga va jangchilarini Chnodomarga qo'shilishga majbur qildi.^[57] Va nihoyat, ular alamani bo'lmagan ba'zi qabilalarning yordamini chaqirishdi (ehtimol Burgundiyaliklar^{[iqtibos kerak ]}), qisman o'tmishda ko'rsatilgan xizmatlar uchun, qisman to'lov uchun. Reyndagi Strasburgda (Savernening sharqiy qismida 32 km), ular Ammianusning so'zlariga ko'ra taxminan 35000 kishidan iborat umumiy kuch to'plashdi.^[5] Bu raqam mubolag'a bo'lishi mumkin, ammo yig'imning ajoyib hajmi barcha Alamanni shohlari borligi va asir olingan skautning nemislar Reynni Strasburgdagi ko'prik orqali butun uch kun davomida bosib o'tishlari haqida xabar berishlari bilan ko'rsatilgan.^[58] Ularning maqsadi Julianni jangga jalb qilish va uni juda katta miqdordagi og'irlik bilan ezish edi. Ular Julianga zudlik bilan Elzasni evakuatsiya qilish uchun ultimatum yuborib, uni qo'zg'atdilar.^[59]

Julian endi juda muvozanatli hukmga duch keldi. Xnodomarning da'vosini e'tiborsiz qoldirish va kuchlarini o'zlarining mustahkam bazalarida ushlab turish va agar kelgusi yilgi saylov mavsumigacha zarur bo'lsa, kuchaytirishni talab qilish va kutish xavfsizroq variant edi. Ammo Barbatio va imperatorning ishlashi comitatus yaqinda o'tkazilgan kampaniyada bunday qo'shimcha vositalar etkazib beriladimi yoki yo'q bo'lsa, ularning qiymatiga shubha tug'dirdi. Bunday yo'l, shuningdek, hosilni yig'ish vaqti tugagan paytda Galliyani katta miqdordagi Germaniya istilosiga duchor qiladi. Shu bilan bir qatorda, u Chnodomar bilan yakka o'zi jang qilishi mumkin. Armiyaning o'zi tezkor harakatlar uchun shov-shuvli edi va rad etish ruhiy tushkunlikni pasaytiradi va fitna qo'zg'atadi, bu Rim sarkardasi ongidan aslo yiroq emas edi. Ushbu pallada bo'lgan jang qat'iy g'alabani kutib oldi, chunki Alamanni kuchlari bir vaqtlar jamlangan va ko'p turli guruhlarga bo'linmagan. Ushbu dalil kuchli tomonidan qilingan Florentsiy, praefectus praetorio Galliarum (Galliy general-gubernatori), u armiyani jalb qilish, ish haqi va ta'minotini ta'minlashda muhim vazifaga ega edi.^[60] Rimliklar o'zlarining yuqori darajadagi jihozlari, uyushqoqligi va tayyorgarligi tufayli deyarli har doim barbarlar bilan janglarda g'alaba qozonishgan.^[61] Ammo bu holda, bu nemislarning son jihatidan katta ustunligi sababli, bu juda katta xavfli variant edi.

Julian Alamanni qo'lidagi kuchlar bilan qarshi olishga qaror qildi.

Rim jang tartibi

Strasburgdagi Julian armiyasining tarkibi faqat qisman tiklanishi mumkin. Ammianus jangning o'zi haqida faqat beshta polkning nomlarini keltiradi. Ammo Ammianusning Julianning Galliyadagi yurishlari haqidagi hikoyasining boshqa joylarida va Zosimus "tarixida, uning tarkibida boshqa polklar haqida ham so'z bor comitatus, ehtimol bu Strasburgda ham bo'lishi mumkin edi.

A comitatus bu vaqtda, ehtimol, faqat uchta turdagi polk bor edi, ularning hammasi tepada, palatini, sinf: otliqlar veksillasyonlar va piyoda askarlar legionerlar va yordam.^[62] Kechki Rim qo'shinlari soniga nisbatan juda noaniqliklar mavjud. Ning rasmiy kuchi veksillasyonlar va legionerlar mos ravishda 800 va 1200 bo'lgan ko'rinadi. Ammo haqiqiy kuchli tomonlar mos ravishda 400 va 800 ni tashkil etdi.^[63] Ushbu ko'rsatkichlar orasidagi o'rtacha nuqta bu erda 500 ga teng deb hisoblanadi veksillasyonlar va 1000 uchun legiones palatinae. Ning kuchi palatina auksilia polklar bahsli. Ular legionlar singari kattaligi yoki kattaligining faqat yarmi bo'lishi mumkin edi.^[64] Yarim kattaligi katta ehtimollik bilan, chunki u mavjud dalillarga eng mos keladi.^[65] Bundan tashqari, agar yordamchi legion bilan bir xil o'lchamda edi, chunki birlikning ikki turini ajratishda unchalik maqsad yo'q edi.

Manbalarda Juliannikiga quyidagi birliklar berilgan comitatus:

Juliannikida tasdiqlangan birliklar comitatus, 355-60
Yulduzcha Ammianus tomonidan Strasburgda ko'rsatilgan birlikni bildiradi

Piyoda askarlari Legionerlar (1000 kishilik)	Piyoda askarlari Palatina yordami (500 kishilik)	XXX	Otliqlar Veksilyatsiya (500 kishilik)
Ioviani[21] Gerkuliani[21] Primani *[66] Moesiaci (1)[67] Moesiaci (2)[67]	Batavi *[68] Reges *[68] Kornuti *[69] Brachiati *[69] Selta[70] Heruli[70] Petulantes[70]		Oddiy Equites G'ayriyahudiylar[71] Equites scutarii *[72] Og'ir Equites katafraktariya (1)*[6] Equites katafraktariya (2)*[6] Engil Dalmatae-ni tenglashtiradi[21] Equites sagittarii *[73]
Jami (inf) 5000	Jami (inf) 3500		Jami (cav) 3000

The Ioviani va Gerkuliani legionlar va Dalmatae bilan tenglashadi manbalarda Julian davridagi kabi emas, balki Galliyaning bir qismi sifatida qayd etilgan comitatus sudxo'r Magnentius. Ehtimol, ular Julian tomonidan meros bo'lib o'tgan. Agar bu birliklarning barchasi Strasburgda bo'lgan bo'lsa, piyodalar soni 1500 kishidan kam, yoki Severus qo'shimcha 2000 kishiga qo'mondonlik qilgan bo'lsa, 3500 kishi. Ehtimol, bir qator nomlari yordam polklar (va ehtimol legion) bizning manbalarimizda yo'q. Agar shunday bo'lsa, ushbu birliklardan kamida bittasi a bo'lishi mumkin sagittarii (kamonchi) birligi, a comitatus kamonchining imkoniyatisiz to'liq bo'lmaydi. Umuman olganda, ehtimol Julianning Strasburgdagi kuchi 5-6 kishidan iborat bo'lishi ehtimoldan yiroq legionerlar va 10-14 yordam piyoda askarlar va 6 veksillasyonlar otliqlar.

Otliqlar to'g'risida, Ammianus faqat eslatib o'tadi katafrakti uning jang haqidagi hisobotida. Ammo ular uning kuchining bir qismi bo'lganligi deyarli aniq. Kechki armiyada umuman otliq polklarning atigi 15% og'ir zirhli edi katafrakti.^[3] Ular zarba zaryadiga mos edi. Ikki tribuni (polk komandirlari) katafraktlarning Strasburgda o'ldirilganligi haqida xabar berilgan.^[6] Shunday qilib, kamida ikkitasi bor edi veksillasyonlar katafraktlar (1000 ot) shug'ullanadi. Ammian va Zosimusning boshqa joylarida Julianning polkiga ega bo'lganligi aytilgan G'ayriyahudiylar va polk skutarii uning buyrug'i bilan. Ularning ikkalasi ham kechki armiya otliq qo'shinlarining ko'pchiligini (61%) tashkil etadigan va mele jangiga eng mos bo'lgan oddiy (yarim zirhli) bo'linmalar edi. Ning engil (qurolsiz) birliklari haqida ham so'z boradi Dalmatae bilan tenglashadi (javelineers) va sagittarii (o'rnatilgan kamonchilar). Yengil otliqlar ta'qib qilish va ta'qib qilish uchun ishlatilgan. Eng taxminiy stsenariy - bularning barchasi Strasburgda, ikkitasida bo'lgan veksillasyonlar og'ir, oddiy va engil otliqlarning har biri. Shunday qilib katafraktlar Julianning Strasburgdagi otliq qo'shinlarining uchdan bir qismiga teng bo'lganligi, bu juda katta nisbat. Bundan tashqari, Julian o'zining tanlab olingan 200 otliq askaridan iborat shaxsiy eskortiga ega edi.^[74] Bular, ehtimol, Konstantiyning biridan ajralib chiqqan. skola (imperator ot qo'riqchisi bo'lib xizmat qilgan 500 kishilik elit otliq otryadlar).

Jang chizig'i haqida bizga Ammianus ozgina ma'lumot beradi. Uning so'zlariga ko'ra, har bir chiziqning o'ng qanotlari, old va zaxira ikkitadan ushlab turilgan yordam polklar va zaxira chizig'ining markazi Primani legion. Mavjud dalillarga mos keladigan mumkin bo'lgan jang tartibi jang diagrammasida ko'rsatilgan.

Dushmanlar solishtirdilar

Rimliklarga

Ammianusning so'zlariga ko'ra, qochqin Chnodomarga Julianning Savernda o'zi bilan 13000 kishi bo'lganligi haqida xabar bergan. Ammo bu uning jangga qo'shilish uchun ko'proq chaqirgan bo'lishi ehtimolini ochib beradi. Ehtimol, Severusning bo'linishi qo'shimcha edi, chunki Julian Saverneda bo'lganida, Severusning odamlari Barbatio armiyasi yaqinidagi alohida lagerni egallashgan.^[75] Libanius Julianning qo'mondonligida 15000 kishi bo'lganligini nazarda tutadi.^[2] Agar bu to'g'ri bo'lsa, qo'shimcha 2000 kishi Severusning bo'linishi bo'lishi mumkin. Bundan tashqari, Julian ba'zilariga qo'ng'iroq qila olgan bo'lishi mumkin limaneey unga qo'shilish uchun birliklar comitatus aksiya uchun. Zosimusning ta'kidlashicha, Galliyaga etib borganida, Julian ishga qabul qilish uchun katta harakatni boshlagan.^[76] Bu asosan qayta tiklashga qaratilgan bo'lar edi limaneey anarxiya yillarida asosan tarqalib ketgan polklar. Shuning uchun Julianning kuchi 15000 dan oshgan bo'lishi mumkin.

Julianniki comitatusuning normal kattaligining atigi yarmi yuqori sifatli bo'lib, so'nggi Rim qo'shinidagi eng yaxshi polklardan iborat bo'lib, dahshatli jangovar obro'siga ega edi.^[69] Hammasi edi palatini (yuqori darajadagi polklar). Uning qo'shinlarining katta qismi barbar, asosan germaniyalik tug'ilgan. Zobitlar va erkaklarning taniqli ismlarini tahlil qilish palatina auksilia piyoda polklari 33% dan 50% gacha bo'lgan ta'sirchanlarning barbarlar tug'ilganligini ta'kidlamoqda (Rimda tug'ilgan qo'shinlar asosan gallo-rimliklar bo'lgan).^[77] Germaniyada tug'ilgan yollovchilarning ko'plari, ehtimol Alamanni bo'lishi mumkin edi. Bu ularning sadoqatiga ta'sir qilganligi haqida ozgina dalillar mavjud. Aksincha, Julianning Gallik kampaniyasining tarixi shuni ko'rsatadiki, uning barbar qo'shinlari qattiq sodiq va ishonchli edi. To'g'ri, germaniyalik qochqinlar dushman tomonga o'tib ketgan bir necha alohida holatlar bo'lgan, ammo bu asosan etnik birdamlikdan emas, balki shaxsiy sabablardan kelib chiqqan.^[1] Ikkinchisining yagona yozilgan nusxasi, o'z qabilasi a'zolarini Julian ularga qarshi kampaniya rejalashtirayotgani to'g'risida ogohlantirgan zobit edi. Aksariyat hollarda polk sadoqati etniklardan ustun bo'lganligi aniq. Bu Julian qo'shinlarining dushman bilan kurashishdagi shiddatliligi va jangda qanday kurash olib borganliklari (4 ning 3tasi) tribuni Strasburgda o'ldirilgan, barbar ismlari bo'lgan).^[6] Rim qo'shinlari mashg'ulotlarga kelsak, ular manevrlar va jangovar texnikada doimo mashq qilgan martaba mutaxassislari edi.^[78] Ularning jangovar kurashda eng muhim ustunligi - burg'ulash mashqlari: birlikda o'z pozitsiyasini ma'lum vaqt oralig'ida ushlab turish va yiqilib tushgan o'rtoqlarni almashtirish, shu sababli birlik harakatlanayotganda yoki qo'shilishda shakli va muvofiqligini saqlaydi.

Julian kuchining otliq elementi 3000 ga baholangan (6 veksillasyonlar - otryadlar - har biri 500 kishidan iborat).^[3] Bu umumiy kuchning taxminan 20% ni tashkil qiladi, bu butun kech Rim qo'shiniga to'g'ri keladi. Rim otliq askarlari Chnodomarnikidan qurol-yarog 'va o'qitish, shuningdek, ixtisoslashish jihatidan aniq ustun edi. Rimliklarga nemislar singari nafaqat engil, qurolsiz otliqlar, balki yarim zirhli (pochta kubalari bilan) va og'ir zirhli otliqlar ham joylashtirilgan. Yengil otliqlar bir polkdan iborat edi Dalmatae bilan tenglashadi, faqat III asrda paydo bo'lgan mafiya chizig'i sinfi va o'rnatilgan kamonchilardan biri (sagittarii). Bular hujumlarni ta'qib qilish, ta'qib qilish va pistirma qilishga ixtisoslashgan tezkor, manevrli ot edi. Og'ir zirhli ot chaqirildi katafraktariya yoki clibanarii (bu atamalar bir-birining o'rnini bosadigan bo'lishi mumkin va uskunadagi sezilarli farqni bildirmagan). Bular bo'yin barmoqlariga yopiq edi o'lchov va / yoki lamellar zirhli qurol va a bilan qurollangan kontus, uzun og'ir nayza, shuningdek, qilich. Chunki Ammianus kamida ikkitasini nazarda tutadi katafraktariya polklar, ehtimol ular Rim otliqlarining uchdan bir qismini tashkil qilgan (1000).^[6]

Rim tomonida Ammianus birini tasdiqlaydi veksillatsiya ning sagittarii (o'rnatilgan kamonchilar) Strasburgda.^[73] It is also likely that at least one regiment of foot archers took part, probably an auxilium ning sagittarii (archers). There were thus probably about 1,000 archers in dedicated units on the Roman side. In addition, a number of ordinary infantry units probably included archers.^[38]

Alamanni

Ammianus puts the Alamanni force at around 35,000. This is consistent with two other figures he gives for Alamannic armies elsewhere in his history: an army of 40,000 in 378; and in 366 an army divided in three, with one division 10,000 strong.^[79] Nevertheless, several historians regard Ammianus' figure as unrealistically high. It has been recently suggested that in reality the Alamanni at Strasbourg may have been only about 15,000, much the same as the Romans. This calculation is based on the assumption that the average reported size of Alamanni raiding-bands (800 men) represented the maximum manpower of a pagus.^[4] For various reasons, the midpoint figure between these two extremes (about 25,000 men) appears the most likely scenario.^{[Izoh 1]}

Another possible indicator of Chnodomar's numbers is size of forces considered necessary by the Roman government to deal with the Alamanni threat in Gaul: 40,000 (Julian's 15,000 plus Barbatio's 25,000). Assuming that the Roman military planners would have sought a 2 to 1 superiority to guarantee success, that would imply an Alamannic strength in Alsace of about 20,000. On the basis of these indicators, the midpoint between the recent estimate and Ammianus' figure, 25,000, would seem plausible.

Mention should also be made of 19th-century German historian Xans Delbruk 's claim that it was the Alamanni who were heavily outnumbered at Strasbourg, having only 6,000 – 10,000 men.^[80] But this view finds no support in the available evidence:

1. 6,000 Alamanni were counted dead in the field, a figure likely to be accurate, given the Roman custom of counting enemy dead after a battle.^{[iqtibos kerak ]} In addition, a substantial number drowned trying to escape across the Rhine (about 2,000, if Libanius' figure of 8,000 Alamanni dead is accurate). Thus, if Delbrück's estimate is correct, virtually every Alamannus was killed, which appears unlikely: all the Alamanni kings (and by extension their retinues) save Chnodomar succeeded in escaping.
2. Ammianus' narrative makes clear that Chnodomar ordered an unusually strong levy. Hence the presence at Strasbourg of all eight contemporary Alamanni kings and of the non-Alamanni allies.
3. Chnodomar was highly unlikely to have risked a pitched battle against the Romans with an inferior force. Indeed, against a commander he knew to be capable, he would most likely have required a substantial numerical advantage. In this case, the Romans were outnumbered by around 1.5 to 1 rather than the 3 to 1 that Ammianus implies.

Chnodomar's men were of much less even quality than Julian's. His best warriors were the professional retinues of the regals (royal class, called ring-givers by the Germans), organized in warbands. They were well equipped with armour and swords, as behove their masters' status. The majority of his men, however, were temporary levies, lightly equipped and often inexperienced, like most contemporary Germanic forces relying on light equipment and speed. On the Alamanni side, there is little evidence of formation manoeuvres. The professional retainers of the regals may have had some capacity for this, especially as Germanic armies were by now very familiar with the Roman way of war. Ammianus' account mentions a globus (mass) of the best warriors coming together in the thick of the battle and breaking through the Roman line.^[66] In addition, several would likely have served in the Roman army in the past.^[81] But the majority of Chnodomar's men consisted of temporary levies, whose equipment and experience would have been limited. According to Ammianus, they had to rely on a concentrated frontal charge to try to break through by weight of numbers, and proved no match for the Romans in the final phase of the battle, a prolonged struggle of attrition at close-quarters.^[82]

The size of Chnodomar's cavalry is unknown, but was probably a small proportion of the total, as the Alamanni's heavily forested land was not suited to large-scale cavalry operations.^[83] Most of the Alamanni horsemen were noblemen and their retainers, as only they could afford to keep a warhorse. Chnodomar's cavalry is unlikely to have exceeded 1,750 horse in total, assuming that the cavalry element was similar to the 7% cavalry element in the early Roman citizen legion, as the latter was also recruited exclusively from the wealthiest classes.

Ammianus is silent about archers on the Alamanni side. The Germans almost certainly did not have mounted archers, as this was an arm that evolved in the East and in any case, their longbows are unsuitable for use on horseback. As for the infantry, the archery capability of the Rhine Germans has traditionally been seen as negligible, due to the 6th-century writer Agatiya 's comment that the Franks did not know how to use bows.^[84] But this is contradicted by the archaeological record and by Ammianus himself in other parts of his account.^[85] Yaxshi kamon had been used in Northern Europe for centuries; it is believed that they became widespread in Germania libera IV asrda.^[86]

Uskunalar

Reenactor wearing the typical equipment of a 4th-century foot soldier. Note the ridge helmet, which has a nose-guard, a common feature of late helmets. The armour is chain mail (Lorika hamata ) and the shield oval/round. The soldier carries a thrusting-spear (xasta, left) and a spikulum (angon ), uzoq pilum -type javelin

Roman military equipment was mass-produced in state-run mato ("factories") which brought together advanced forging technology and skilled artisans.^[87] Roman weapons were mostly made of steel such as chalybs Noricus which was superior to unhardened iron.^[88] Yilda Germania libera, forging technology, capacity and personnel were more limited, although there is evidence that production and standardization of equipment had greatly improved since the time of the Roman Printsip. Steel-making was also known in Germania libera (spathae and rapier -like swords out of flexible steel were in use).^[89] But Alamanni production of sophisticated forge-products such as metal armour, helmets and swords was on a much smaller scale than the Romans'.^[90] Simple weapons such as axes and knives seem often to have been made of unhardened iron. Overall, the 4th-century Roman soldier's equipment was superior to his enemy's, though probably not by the same margin as in earlier centuries.^[91]

For personal protection, most Roman troops wore metal body armour (usually in the form a zanjirli pochta cuirass) and helmets, in addition to shields.^[92] In contrast, among the Alamanni, metal armour and helmets were probably owned by members of the social elite only. Most Alamanni foot soldiers had only shields and no metal armour or helmets.^[90]

For hand weapons, most Roman foot carried a thrusting-spear (xasta ) and a sword (spata ).^[92] Among the Alamanni, spears were the universal weapon, swords were probably less common.^[93] Nobles (optimatlar) and the professional warrior-retainers of ringgivers certainly had them.^[94] For the lower ranks the position is not certain. Ammianus' report on the battle implies that many in the Alamanni ranks carried swords.^[95] Those that did not were armed with a seaks (long pointed German pichoqlar with some types being shortswords ) va shuningdek nayza va / yoki jangovar bolta.

For short-range missile (throwing) weapons, a Roman infantryman would probably had either a long throwing-spear or two or three short javelins (lanceae) and half a dozen plumbatae (weighted darts) with an effective range of about 30m.^[38] Ammianus talks of a variety of missiles being thrown by the Alamanni in the battle: spicula (a kind of long pilum-type javelin, also known as an angon ), verruta missilia (short throwing-spears) and ferratae arundines (probably darts and franciscas: throwing-axes).^[96] Overall, there appears little difference in the throwing-missile capability of the contenders. Ammianus indicates that the Roman infantry ranks were obliged to hold their shields above their heads for much of the time due to the volume of missiles raining down on them.^[97]

The standard Roman bow was the recurved kompozit kamon, a relatively compact but powerful weapon.^[98] Foot archers normally formed the rear rank of the Roman battle-line, shooting over the heads of their own infantry, whilst protected by it from the enemy.

Jang

Advance to battlefield

The campaigning season was by now well-advanced, as Julian had spent a considerable time restoring Saverne. But it was still summer, as the weather was hot and wheat was ripe in the fields.^[99] It was therefore probably August.

Reconstructing a timetable for the day of the battle is tentative due to ambiguous statements in Ammianus (which may have been caused by manuscript copying-errors). It appears that Julian's army set forth at dawn, and apparently arrived within sight of the barbarian entrenchments (vallum) outside Strasbourg at around midday, after a march of 21 Roman miles.^[100] (A contradictory statement in Julian's speech implies that the army was still far from its destination and faced a night march to reach it. But this is incompatible with all the other available data and should thus probably be disregarded). The starting-point was probably Saverne, since this is the last stated location of Julian's army, and it lay a consistent distance from Strasbourg on the Roman highway.

At the end of the march, Julian gave a speech to the assembled army. Its wording could be read as implying that Julian had already had a fortified marching-camp built (in accordance with standard Roman military practice), or that he was simply proposing to do so. In any case, it appears that Julian, concerned that his men might be too tired to fight after a 6-hour march in the hot sun, urged that the clash be postponed until the following day. But his officers and men would have none of it and clamoured to be led against the enemy immediately. Julian, who prided himself on acting by consensus, gave way.^[101] However, since Ammianus states that the battle and subsequent pursuit ended after sunset, it seems unlikely that the army would have actually engaged at midday straight after the march without a few hours rest and refreshment (and, if a camp was built, a couple of hours spent on that task). It thus seems more likely that battle commenced in the late afternoon.^[102]

Chnodomar, alerted by his lookouts that the Roman army was at hand, moved his army forward from its base before the ruined walls of Strasbourg to his chosen battlefield nearby.^[58] The battlefield was a gently-sloping hill a few miles from the Rhine, partly fields with ripe wheat.^[58] Libanius claims that on one side was an "elevated water course" (presumably an suv o'tkazgich or canal), built over a swamp.^[103] But this seems incompatible with Ammianus' statement that the battle took place on higher ground (as water could hardly flow uphill), and may be a garbled detail from another of Julian's battles. One leading theory is that the battle took place near the village of Oberhausbergen 3 km NW of Strasbourg.^[104] The western edge of the battle field was defined by the Metz-Strasbourg Roman highway, on the far side of which was broken, wooded ground impassable to cavalry.^[105]

Lines of battle

Reconstructed initial order of battle at Strasbourg. On the Roman side, legions hold the centre, yordam the wings. Note Julian's position, with his 200-strong cavalry escort (probably olimlar), between the two Roman lines and Severus' separate division on the left wing. (The Roman line-up is based on a 15,000-strong force). On the German side, troops are drawn up in contingents from each pagus, with each pair of pagus contingents under a king. Note the infantry hidden in the wooded area (left) and interspersed among the cavalry (right)

The German host was waiting for the Romans, probably drawn up on the crest of the hill, to give Chnodomar's men the advantage of the slope.^[106] The German left wing was held by Chnodomar and his cavalry. Demonstrating that he was well aware of the threat posed by the Roman heavy cavalry, Chnodomar had devised a stratagem. He interspersed lightly armed infantry among his cavalry. These were easy to conceal in the standing grain. The idea was that in a mêlée, the foot soldiers would bring down the cataphracts by crawling along the ground and stabbing their horses in their underbellies, which were unprotected. The dismounted riders, weighed down by their armour, could then easily be despatched on the ground.^[107] The German right wing blocked the highway to Strasbourg, while in the woods beyond the highway were a substantial force of warriors hidden in ambush on Chnodomar's orders.^[105] The right wing was under his nephew Serapio (who was given his Greek name by his Hellenophile father). Although still a teenager, Serapio had already proved a military leader worthy of his uncle.^[58][105] The rest of the line was probably divided into pagi units under five major kings and ten petty kings.^[5]

Julian drew up his infantry in two lines, widely spaced apart, each several ranks deep. This was a standard Roman line-up: the rear line troops were reserves who would be able to intervene if the enemy threatened to break through at any point, and to exploit opportunities as they arose. During the battle, the foot archers (sagittarii) would have formed the rear rank of the front line, to shoot over the heads of their own infantry.^[108] But at the start, archers were sometimes stationed in front of the main line, so that they could disrupt the enemy ranks with their missiles. This was especially likely if the Romans' archer forces were much stronger than Chnodomar's, giving them a competitive advantage in a long-range missile exchange. But Ammianus does not state if this happened on this occasion. On the right wing was posted the entire cavalry. Most likely, the light cavalry would have been stationed in front, to harass the enemy before the heavy cavalry launched their shock charge.^[3] Set back from the left flank of the front line, Julian posted a separate division under Severus to face the woods beyond the highway, apparently with orders to advance into them, presumably to launch a surprise attack on the German right wing.^[105][109] Julian himself, with his escort of 200 olimlar, probably took up position in the gap between the Roman lines, giving him a close, but relatively protected, view of the action.^[105]

Julian's best hope for a quick victory lay in a cavalry breakthrough. Not only was the German cavalry probably smaller than his own, but its lack of armour made it vulnerable to his armoured regiments, especially the cataphracts. If they could rout the enemy horse, his squadrons could then wheel around and attack the German lines in the flank or rear, and the battle would be as good as won. Julian's cavalry would thus aim to deliver a shock charge, careering forward in a wedge formation with the cataphracts forming the spearhead, the conventional armoured cavalry on either side and the light regiments on the extreme right, ready to block outflankers and to pursue fleeing enemy horse. The initial collision would shatter the enemy formation, and then the Germans could be overpowered in the ensuing melee. Failing a cavalry breakthrough, Julian would have to rely on a struggle of attrition on foot, in which superior Roman armour, training, and formation discipline would almost inevitably prevail.

Nishon

As soon as the two armies were drawn up, a clamour arose from the German ranks, loudly demanding that Chnodomar and his entourage of chiefs should dismount and lead the main body of German foot warriors from the front. Chnodomar and the chiefs immediately complied.^[110] In so doing, Chnodomar forfeited any strategic control of the battle, as, trapped in the centre of the action, he would have no way of knowing what was happening in other sectors. Julian, on the other hand, maintained a detached position throughout (with his escort) and so was able to respond to events all over the field, such as the initial rout of his cavalry. It is unclear exactly where Julian was stationed but it was likely in the gap between the two Roman lines.^[105]

The Roman main charge would likely have been preceded by harassing attacks by the light cavalry. The mounted archers would execute what the Romans knew as the "Parthian attack ": ride up to within range of the enemy, loose a volley of arrows, then hastily retreat, using the arrow distance to escape pursuit. This could be repeated several times, causing significant casualties and, ideally, enticing the enemy into a premature and disorganised charge. However, in this case, the German cavalry would have been prevented from charging as their interspersed infantry support would not have been able to keep up—most likely, they awaited the Roman cavalry at the halt, or moved forward slowly.

The Roman heavy cavalry now charged the German horsemen. In the ensuing mêlée, Chnodomar's stratagem paid dividends. The interspersed foot warriors wreaked havoc, bringing down the horses of the cataphracts and then killing their riders on the ground. Unnerved by these tactics, and by the injury of one of their tribuni, the cataphracts panicked and fled the field. In their headlong flight, they crashed into the Roman infantry on the right, which, however, was able to maintain formation because of the skill of the crack palatina auksilia polklar Kornuti va Brachiati posted there. The cataphracts took refuge behind the infantry lines, where it took the personal intervention of Julian himself to rally them.^[111] Zosimus claims that one regiment of cataphracts refused to return to the fight and that after the battle, they were obliged by Julian to wear female clothes as punishment.^{[112][Izoh 2]} The performance of the rest of the cavalry is not described by Ammianus, but they would have been obliged to retreat with the cataphracts, though it is unclear whether they followed them to behind the infantry lines, or, more likely, halted to cover the Roman right wing. It is clear, however, that the German cavalry was unable to capitalise on their success to outflank the Roman right. Nevertheless, Chnodomar had trumped Julian's best card.

Encouraged by their cavalry's success, the foot soldiers in the German front line gave a great roar and ran towards the Roman line, which was formed as a barrier of interlocking shields. In the centre, German foot warriors repeatedly charged the Roman shieldwall, hoping to break through by sheer weight of numbers and brute strength. But the serried ranks of the Roman front, shields massed together “as in a testudo” held them off for a long time, inflicting severe casualties on the Germans who flung themselves recklessly at their bristling spears. Then, a group of German chiefs and their best warriors formed a dense mass (globus), and, let through by the German front ranks, charged the Romans. This was probably a formation, also used by the Romans, known as a "hogshead" (caput porcinum), a xanjar protected by armoured warriors on the outside. They succeeded, by desperate efforts, in punching a hole through the centre of the Roman front line.^[114] This was potentially disastrous for the Romans. But despite being cut in two, the Roman front line evidently did not collapse: the experienced frontline regiments managed to hold their separated wings in formation.

In the meantime, on the Roman left wing, Severus must have suspected the prepared ambush, and held back from advancing into the woods, according to Ammianus.^[115] Libanius contradicts this, claiming that the Romans charged the enemy and flushed them out of their hiding places.^[103] But Ammianus' version is more likely, as the Romans would hardly have benefited from advancing straight into a prepared trap. Ammianus does not report further action in this sector. But it is likely that the hidden Germans eventually lost patience, advanced out of the woods and charged at Severus' division, only to be routed by Severus' crack troops.^[116]

Meanwhile, a large number of Germans poured through the breach in the Roman frontline and charged the centre of the Roman rear line. This position was held by the elite Primani legion, with the Batavian cohorts, which stopped the German attack in its tracks and then counterattacked, routing the breakthrough force.^[66] The breach in the front line was presumably filled, either by the separated wings of the front line reconnecting, or by the Primani advancing from the rear line (Ammianus does not specify which). The front line, now extended on the left flank by the rear line left wing, (and presumably by Severus' victorious division), began pushing the Germans back, and gradually hemmed them in from the flanks. At this point, the Germans were already exhausted and demoralised by their lack of progress and severe losses. The mass of their army was now trapped in an ever-tighter Roman crescent, with the troops on the edges being methodically cut down and the ones in the middle packed tightly together and unable to move. Finally, after more relentless pressure from the Romans, the German line collapsed: as panic spread through their ranks, the Germans broke formation and ran for their lives.^[117] Many did not run fast enough: pursued all the way to the Rhine by Roman cavalry and infantry, many were cut down as they ran. Large numbers attempted to swim across the river, but many drowned, hit by Roman missiles or weighed down by their armour.^[118]

Ammianus reports that 6,000 Germans perished on the battlefield and in the pursuit on land.^[6] (Libanius gives a figure of 8,000).^[7] Thousands more drowned as they tried to get across the river. It is thus likely that about a third of the German force lost their lives. However, it appears that the majority escaped, including the eight reges alongside Chnodomar. The Romans lost just 243 men, including four tribuni (regimental commanders) of which two were commanders of katafrakti.^[6]

Chnodomar himself and his retinue tried to escape on horseback, hoping to reach some boats prepared for just such an emergency near the ruined Roman fort of Concordia (Lauterburg ), some 40 km downstream from Strasbourg. But they were cornered by a Roman cavalry squadron in a wood on the bank of the Rhine and surrendered. Brought before Julian, whom he begged for mercy, Chnodomar was sent on to the court of Constantius at Milan. Not long afterwards, he died of disease in a camp for barbarian prisoners in Rome.^[119]

Natijada

Daryo Reyn, which in the 4th century constituted the border of the Roman empire with barbarian Germania (right bank), showing Bingen am Reyn (foreground) on both banks of the tributary river Naxe. The Roman fort at this strategic site was repaired by Julian in 359 CE.

After the battle, Julian was acclaimed as Avgust (co-emperor) by his troops, but he vehemently refused the title, which could only legally be bestowed by the ruling Avgust, Constantius.^[120] Given the latter's murderous attitude against potential contenders, Julian's caution is understandable, although it bought him no credit with Constantius.

The immediate aftermath of the battle saw a vigorous "ethnic cleansing" campaign as all Alamanni families who had settled in Alsace on stolen land were rounded up and expelled from imperial territory.^[121]

The battle was the turning point in Julian's effort to restore the Rhine frontier. Until then, Julian was obliged to campaign largely inside Gaul, with the barbarian bands holding the initiative, playing cat-and-mouse with his forces and causing enormous economic damage to a vital region of the empire. Now Julian was able to take the war to the enemy, each year invading the lands beyond the Rhine, devastating them and terrorising the tribes into accepting tributary status. At the same time, he was able to make serious progress in repairing Rome's shattered line of forts. Yilda Luttwakian terms, he was able to return to a traditional strategy of "forward defence" after being obliged by circumstances to engage in chuqur mudofaa uch yil davomida.

Still in 357, Julian followed up the battle by an incursion into Alamanni territory beyond the Rhine. After ravaging the lands far and wide, he set about rebuilding a fort in the Agri dekumates (Qora o'rmon ) originally built by Trajan in the early 2nd century. He then granted the anxious barbarians a 10-month truce.^[122]

In 358, Julian first turned his attention to the Frankish tribes, crossing the lower Rhine and forced the Salii va Chamavi tribes to surrender and become tributarii (tribute-payers).^[123] He then restored three important forts on the lower Meuse daryo.^[124] Finally, he again switched his attention to the Alamanni, crossing the Rhine at Mainz and forcing the submission of the new paramount kings Hortarius and Surmarius.^[125]

In 359, Julian restored seven forts and town walls in the middle Rhine, including Bonna (Bonn ) va Bingium (Bingen ), obliging his new tributary Alamanni to provide the supplies and labour needed. He then crossed the Rhine, marched through the territory of the tributaries and devastated the lands of the other kings who had fought at Strasbourg, including Westralp. All were forced to submit and return the thousands of Roman civilians they had abducted and enslaved during the years of easy plunder.^[126]

By 360, Gaul was sufficiently secure to permit Julian to despatch reinforcements of about 3,000 men under magister armorum Lupitsin to Britain, which had suffered a serious land and sea invasion by the Piktogrammalar ning Kaledoniya (Scotland) and the Skoti ning Giberniya (Irlandiya).^[67] But at the same time, Julian received a demand from Constantius, who was unaware of the British expedition, that he send 4 palatina auksilia regiments plus select squadrons of cavalry (about 2,500 men) under Lupicinus to the East as reinforcements for the war against the Persians. This triggered a near-mutiny by Julian's soldiers, who again proclaimed him Avgust. He again refused, but this time, the troops insisted, making it clear they would mutiny if he refused and march against Constantius with or without him. Alarmed, but also secretly pleased, Julian accepted the title and wrote an apologetic letter to Constantius explaining why he had felt it necessary to bow to his soldiers' wishes and requesting his ratification. But this was refused by Constantius, who replied demanding that Julian revert to Qaysar holat.^[127] Julian ignored the order, but to prove his good faith and also to keep his near-mutinous troops occupied, he crossed the Rhine and attacked the Attuarii tribe of the Frankish confederation.^[128]

In 361, however, Julian decided to confront Constantius and the two emperors marched against each other to settle the issue. But the empire was spared another civil war by the senior emperor's sudden death in Asia Minor.

As sole emperor (361–3), Julian succumbed, as many Roman leaders before him (e.g. Crassus, Trajan, Septimius Severus ) to "Alexander the Great syndrome": the desire to emulate the Macedonian general and conquer the Persian empire. He invaded Mesopotamiya at the head of an enormous army of 65,000.^[129] But the campaign was a disaster: Julian lost his own life and his army was forced to retreat with huge losses.^[130] Although most of these would have been from the eastern comitatus and from the emperor's own escort army, the comitatus of Illyricum and Gaul would undoubtedly have been stripped of troops to fill the gaps. The result was that in 366 Gaul was again overrun by Alamanni hordes and Julian's painstaking work of restoration undone. This forced Julian's successor, Valentinian I, to spend years carrying out a virtual replay of Julian's Gallic campaign.^[131]

Izohlar

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