Chrocus
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Chrocus (also Crocus) was a leader of the Alamanni in the late 3rd century. In 260, he led an uprising of the Alamanni against the Roman Empire, traversing the Upper Germanic Limes and advancing as far as Clermont, and possibly as far as Ravenna, and he was possibly present at the Alamannic conquest of the Frankish town of Mende.
In 306, Chrocus was present as a general in Roman service at the death of Constantius Chlorus in York, Britannia, as Constantine I was declared Roman Emperor.
Literature
- Dieter Geuenich, Geschichte der Alemannen, Kohlhammer Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3170182277 / ISBN 3170120956
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