TheArmalausi (orArmilausini) were an obscureGermanic tribe oflate antiquity. Their name means "those who wear thearmilausa", a type of shirt open at the front and back but connected at the shoulders.[1]
They are known from four geographical and administrative texts. As Armalausi they appear between theAlamanni and theMarcomanni on theTabula Peutingeriana world map (3rd or 4th century AD). As Armilausini, they are listed between theBurgundians and Marcomanni in theCosmographia ofJulius Honorius (pre-6th century) and between theJuthungi and Marcomanni in theVerona list (early 4th century). Under the corrupted spelling Armolaos they are mentioned in theCosmographia Aethici (7th or 8th century). Some later manuscripts of Honorius give the corrupted spellings Armilauzini and Amilaismi.[2]
They may have been a tribe of theHermunduri.Philippus Brietius (1650) places them in theUpper Palatinate. They appear to have crossed theDanube and replaced theVarisci in the 2nd or 3rd century, and they probably merged with the Alamanni in the course of the 4th century.
