The Alauni (Gaulish: Alaunoi, earlier *Alamnoi, 'the nomads, wanderers') were a Gallic tribe dwelling around the lake Chiemsee (in present-day Germany) during the Roman period.
They are mentioned as Alaunoí (Ἀλαυνοί) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD),[1] and as Alaunorum in the Notitia Dignitatum (5th c.
[2][3] The ethnic name Alauni is a latinized form of the Gaulish Alaunoi, which can be translated as 'the errants, wanderers, or nomads', in contrast to the names of the Anauni ('the staying ones') and Genauni ('the natives').
alam, Welsh alaf), built on a root *alǝ- ('to wander').
Their territory was located east of the Cosuanetes, north of the Ambisontes, south of the Baiovarii.