Juthunges

The Juthunges (in German: Juthungen , in Greek: Iouthungi , in Latin: Iuthungi ) was Germanic people in the area in the north of the rivers of the the Danube and the Altmühl in the modern State of Bavaria.

The people were mentioned by the Roman Historian Ammien Marcellin. The significance of their name is " descendants" , and refers to the former people of the Suèves and of the Semmons.

Juthunges invaded the Italy in 259 and 260, but they were demolished on their backs close to Augsburg the April 24th and 25th 260 by Marcus Simplicinius Genialis (this is retranscribed on a stone memorial found in 1992). At this time the Roman Empire lost the space of the Limes in this area. Between 356 and 358 Juthunges and the Alamans invaded the province of Rhétie and destroyed Ratisbon (the Roman capital of the province and one of the largest Roman military camps in the south of the Germany). One second invasion of Rhétie in 383 was pushed back by an army of Alains and Huns. Between 429 and 431 the Roman general Aetius fought also Juthunges in Rhétie.

Historical sources

Roman Mémorial hones of it close to Augsburg (in the neighborhoods of 260)
Dexippe in Fragmente DER griechischen Historiker 100 (in the neighborhoods of 270/271)
Panégyriques Latin VIII 10.4 (in the neighborhoods of 297)
Ammien Marcellin 17,6 (in the neighborhoods of 375)
Sidoine Apollinaire, C. 7,233 (in the neighborhoods of 429/430)

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