Quadi

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ancient Germanic tribe

The Quadi were an ancient Germanic tribe known for inhabiting the region of modern-day Moravia and Slovakia and for their significant role in conflicts with the Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Germanic tribe ⓘ
affectedBy Early Middle Ages ⓘ
surface form: Migration Period
alliedWith Marcomanni ⓘ
archaeologicalCultureLinked Germanic settlements in Moravia ⓘ
Przeworsk culture (partly) ⓘ
borderedBy Danube ⓘ
surface form: Danube River
conflictWith Commodus ⓘ
Marcus Aurelius ⓘ
declinePeriod 4th century AD ⓘ
disappearanceFromSources by early Middle Ages ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
warfare and raiding ⓘ
engagedIn diplomatic treaties with Rome ⓘ
ethnicGroup Germanic peoples ⓘ
ethnogenesisRegion Bohemia region ⓘ
surface form: Bohemian and Moravian area
firstAttested 1st century AD ⓘ
historicalPeriod Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Roman Imperial period
inhabitedRegion Danube region ⓘ
surface form: Middle Danube region

Moravia ⓘ
western Slovakia ⓘ
involvedInEvent Miracle of the Rain ⓘ
knownForConflictWith Roman Empire ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
leadershipTitle rex (king) ⓘ
mentionedBy Cassius Dio ⓘ
Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemy

Tacitus ⓘ
militaryTactics cavalry warfare ⓘ
raids across the Danube ⓘ
neighboringPeople Marcomanni ⓘ
Romans ⓘ
Sarmatians ⓘ
notableKingMentionedBySources Ariogaesus ⓘ
Vannius ⓘ
participatedIn Marcomannic Wars ⓘ
partOfRegion Czech lands ⓘ
surface form: Bohemia-Moravia area

Germania ⓘ
politicalOrganization tribal kingdom ⓘ
politicalStructure ruled by kings ⓘ
possibleSuccessorPeoples Suebi ⓘ
surface form: Suebi in Hispania

early Slavic groups in their former territory ⓘ
receivedFromRome subsidies and gifts ⓘ
religion Germanic paganism ⓘ
romanProvinceOpposite Noricum ⓘ
Pannonia ⓘ
statusWithRome foederati at times ⓘ
tookPartIn invasions of Roman provinces across the Danube ⓘ

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

Ballomar → alliedWith → Quadi ⓘ
Iazyges → alliedWith → Quadi ⓘ
Marcomanni → alliedWith → Quadi ⓘ
Buri → locatedNear → Quadi ⓘ
Suebi → relatedEthnicGroup → Quadi ⓘ