Fraomar ( la, Fraomarius) was briefly the king of the
Bucinobantes
The Bucinobantes (German: ''Bucinobanten'') were an Alemannic tribe in the region of the modern city of Mainz on the river Main.
The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus wrote that Caesar Julian crossed the river Rhine near Mainz in 359 for nego ...
, an
Alamannic tribe, from c.372 to 373.
In 372/3, the
Roman emperor Valentinian I
Valentinian I ( la, Valentinianus; 32117 November 375), sometimes called Valentinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 364 to 375. Upon becoming emperor, he made his brother Valens his co-emperor, giving him rule of the eastern provinces. Val ...
attacked the Alamanni and attempted to take their 'king',
Macrian
Macrian or Makrian ( la, Macrianus) was the king of the Bucinobantes, an Alemannic tribe, in the late fourth century and the brother of Hariobaudes. Macrian tried to confederate all the north Germanic and Alemannic tribes together against Rome.
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, prisoner. Fraomar was set up in his place, but the Alamanni were unhappy and Macrian was eventually returned to power by his supporters. In 374 Valentinian was forced to make peace with Macrian.
Sources
*''Ammianus'' Book 29.
*Drinkwater, J F ''The Alamanni and Rome 213-496'' Oxford 2007
Alemannic rulers
4th-century monarchs in Europe