Pactus Alamannorum
Alamannic law also foresees the death penalty for plotting to assassinate the duke, and for military treason (assisting enemies or causing rebellion in the army), but in these cases the penalty may also be outlawry or a fine, depending on the judgement of the duke or the chieftains.
In Alamannic law, the basic weregeld for a freeman is likewise 200 solidi. Alamannic tradition is particular in doubling the fee if the victim was a woman, so that the weregeld for a free woman is 400 shillings. The weregeld for killing of a low ranking cleric was fined with 300, raised to 400 if the cleric was attacked while he was reading mass. For a high priest is threefold, i.e. 600 solidi. Alamannic law further introduces the concept of premeditated murder (as opposed to deaths by accident or in combat), which is fined by ninefold weregeld.
If someone uncovers the head of a free, unmarried woman, he is fined with 6 solidi. If he lifts her dress so that her genitals or her buttocks become visible, he is fined with 12 solidi. If he rapes her, he is fined with 40 solidi. 56.2 doubles these penalties if the victim is a married woman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juthungi
army
Chnodomar's men were of much less even quality than Julian's. His best warriors were the professional retinues of the regales (royal class, called ring-givers by the Germans), organized in warbands. These consisted mostly of berserkers and long-haired swordfighters. They were well-equipped, as behove their masters' status. They wore little armour on purpose to ensure speed and, for the berserkers, power in doublehanded swordfighting (they wore their shield on their backs).[111] The majority of his men, however, were temporary levies of little training, like all 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 regales may have had some capacity for this. Ammianus' account mentions a globus (mass) of the best warriors coming together in the thick of the battle and breaking through the Roman line.[77] In addition, several would likely have served in the Roman army in the past.[112] But the majority of Chnodomar's men consisted of temporary levies, whose training was very limited. According to Ammianus, they had to rely on a crude 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.[113]
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.[114]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 writerAgathias's comment that the Franks did not know how to use bows.[115] But this is contradicted by the archaeological record and by Ammianus himself in other parts of his account.[116] It is virtually certain that there were a significant number of Alamanni foot archers at Strasbourg.
In 259/60, a group of Suebi have been the main element in the formation of a new tribal alliance known as the Alemanni who came to occupy the Roman frontier region known as the Agri Decumates, east of the Rhine and south of the Main. The Alemanni were sometimes simply referred to as Suebi by contemporaries, and the region came to be known as Swabia.
Alamannic law also foresees the death penalty for plotting to assassinate the duke, and for military treason (assisting enemies or causing rebellion in the army), but in these cases the penalty may also be outlawry or a fine, depending on the judgement of the duke or the chieftains.
In Alamannic law, the basic weregeld for a freeman is likewise 200 solidi. Alamannic tradition is particular in doubling the fee if the victim was a woman, so that the weregeld for a free woman is 400 shillings. The weregeld for killing of a low ranking cleric was fined with 300, raised to 400 if the cleric was attacked while he was reading mass. For a high priest is threefold, i.e. 600 solidi. Alamannic law further introduces the concept of premeditated murder (as opposed to deaths by accident or in combat), which is fined by ninefold weregeld.
If someone uncovers the head of a free, unmarried woman, he is fined with 6 solidi. If he lifts her dress so that her genitals or her buttocks become visible, he is fined with 12 solidi. If he rapes her, he is fined with 40 solidi. 56.2 doubles these penalties if the victim is a married woman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juthungi
army
Chnodomar's men were of much less even quality than Julian's. His best warriors were the professional retinues of the regales (royal class, called ring-givers by the Germans), organized in warbands. These consisted mostly of berserkers and long-haired swordfighters. They were well-equipped, as behove their masters' status. They wore little armour on purpose to ensure speed and, for the berserkers, power in doublehanded swordfighting (they wore their shield on their backs).[111] The majority of his men, however, were temporary levies of little training, like all 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 regales may have had some capacity for this. Ammianus' account mentions a globus (mass) of the best warriors coming together in the thick of the battle and breaking through the Roman line.[77] In addition, several would likely have served in the Roman army in the past.[112] But the majority of Chnodomar's men consisted of temporary levies, whose training was very limited. According to Ammianus, they had to rely on a crude 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.[113]
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.[114]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 writerAgathias's comment that the Franks did not know how to use bows.[115] But this is contradicted by the archaeological record and by Ammianus himself in other parts of his account.[116] It is virtually certain that there were a significant number of Alamanni foot archers at Strasbourg.
In 259/60, a group of Suebi have been the main element in the formation of a new tribal alliance known as the Alemanni who came to occupy the Roman frontier region known as the Agri Decumates, east of the Rhine and south of the Main. The Alemanni were sometimes simply referred to as Suebi by contemporaries, and the region came to be known as Swabia.