Miracle of the Rain

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Roman historical tradition legendary event military miracle

Miracle of the Rain is a legendary event during Marcus Aurelius’s Marcomannic Wars in which a sudden storm saved embattled Roman troops from the Quadi, later celebrated as a sign of divine intervention.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Miracle of the Rain canonical	2
Rain Miracle	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman historical tradition ⓘ legendary event ⓘ military miracle ⓘ
associatedWith	Legio XII Fulminata ⓘ Marcus Aurelius ⓘ Thundering Legion ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Columna Centenaria Divi Marci Aurelii ⓘ surface form: column of Marcus Aurelius
connectedTo	debates over identity of the Thundering Legion ⓘ imperial image of Marcus Aurelius as favored by the gods ⓘ
depictedOn	Column of Marcus Aurelius spiral reliefs ⓘ surface form: Column of Marcus Aurelius reliefs Roman coins of Marcus Aurelius ⓘ
describedAs	divinely sent rain and thunder ⓘ sudden storm saving Roman troops ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Miracle of the Thundering Legion ⓘ Miracle of the XII Fulminata ⓘ Miracle of the Rain ⓘ surface form: Rain Miracle Rain Miracle of the Marcomannic Wars ⓘ
hasApproximateDate	circa 172 CE ⓘ late 2nd century ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	example of divine intervention narrative in Roman historiography ⓘ motif in Christian accounts of Roman military history ⓘ
hasDebatedInterpretation	Christian prayer causing the storm ⓘ natural meteorological event ⓘ pagan deity Jupiter or Mercury causing the storm ⓘ
hasIconography	giant rain god figure over soldiers on the Column of Marcus Aurelius ⓘ
hasLocation	Central Europe ⓘ Quadi territory ⓘ
hasTheme	divine favor in warfare ⓘ miraculous salvation of an army ⓘ
interpretedAs	sign of divine intervention ⓘ
involves	Quadi ⓘ Roman army ⓘ
linkedTo	Christian apologetic tradition ⓘ Roman imperial propaganda ⓘ pagan religious interpretation ⓘ
occurredDuring	Marcomannic Wars ⓘ
relatedTo	Roman–Germanic wars ⓘ surface form: Roman–Germanic conflicts military history of ancient Rome ⓘ religion in the Roman Empire ⓘ
resultedIn	defeat or withdrawal of Quadi attackers ⓘ relief of besieged Roman forces ⓘ
sourceMention	Cassius Dio ⓘ Eusebius of Caesarea ⓘ Tertullian ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quadi → involvedInEvent → Miracle of the Rain ⓘ

Bella Marcomannica → notableEvent → Miracle of the Rain ⓘ

Miracle of the Rain → hasAlternativeName → Miracle of the Rain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rain Miracle