Marcomanni

E47071
Germanic tribe tribal confederation

The Marcomanni were a Germanic tribal confederation that became especially known for their major clashes with the Roman Empire along the Danube frontier in the 2nd century AD.

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic tribe →
tribal confederation →
activeInPeriod 1st century AD →
2nd century AD →
3rd century AD →
alliedWith Quadi →
areaOfSettlement Bavaria →
Bohemia →
Danube region →
surface form: "Upper Danube region"
capitalOrCenter Bohemia →
conflict Marcomannic Wars →
conflictWith Commodus →
Marcus Aurelius →
continent Europe →
culture Germanic culture →
ethnicGroup Germanic peoples →
ethnonymMeaning border men →
formedConfederationUnder Maroboduus →
frontier Danube limes →
surface form: "Danube frontier"
invaded Italy →
surface form: "Italia"

Noricum →
Pannonia →
involvedIn invasions of Roman provinces →
knownFor Marcomannic Wars →
conflicts with the Roman Empire →
languageFamily Germanic languages →
laterIntegratedInto early medieval Germanic populations →
mentionedBy Cassius Dio →
Claudius Ptolemaeus →
surface form: "Ptolemy"

Tacitus →
mentionedInSource Germania →
migratedTo Bohemia →
neighboringGroup Irminones →
surface form: "Hermunduri"

Naristi →
Quadi →
Suebi →
opponent Roman Empire →
originRegion Hercynian Forest →
Main River region →
partOf Suebi →
larger Suebian group →
politicalStructure tribal monarchy →
region Central Europe →
religion Germanic paganism →
ruler Ballomar →
Maroboduus →
timeOfMajorConflict 166–180 AD →
Referenced by (13)

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

Iazyges → alliedWith → Marcomanni →
Quadi → alliedWith → Marcomanni →
Germania → associatedWithTribe → Marcomanni →
Battle of Carnuntum → combatant → Marcomanni →
Ballomar → ethnicGroup → Marcomanni →
Buri → locatedNear → Marcomanni →
Costoboci → neighboringGroup → Marcomanni →
Quadi → neighboringPeople → Marcomanni →
Bella Marcomannica → opponent → Marcomanni →
Battle of Carnuntum → opponentOf → Marcomanni →
Suebi → relatedEthnicGroup → Marcomanni →
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