166–180 AD series of Roman wars with Danubian tribes
Marcomannic Wars
Part of the Roman–Germanic Wars
Detail of a relief scene on the Column of Marcus Aurelius (in Rome, Italy), depicting a battle of the Marcomannic Wars, late 2nd century AD
Date
AD 166–180 (14 years)
Location
Course of the Danube, the northeastern European border of the Roman Empire
Result
Roman victory
Territorial changes
Status quo ante bellum. Roman plans to annex "Sarmatia" (Hungarian Plain) and "Marcomannia" (Moravia, Slovakia and Bavaria north of Danube) abandoned.
Belligerents
Roman Empire Full list of participating military units
Principal belligerents: Marcomanni, Quadi, Iazyges
Also involved: Naristi, Chatti, Chauci, Langobardi, Hermunduri, Suebi, Buri, Cotini, Vandals (Astingi, Lacringi, and Victohali), Roxolani, Bastarnae, Costoboci
Commanders and leaders
Imperial family: Marcus Aurelius Lucius Verus # Ti. Claudius Pompeianus CommodusPraetorian prefects: Titus Furius Victorinus Marcus Bassaeus Rufus Marcus Macrinius Vindex † P. Tarrutenius PaternusField marshals (legati): Publius Helvius Pertinax Marcus Claudius Fronto † Marcus Didius Julianus Gaius Pescennius Niger Decimus Clodius Albinus M. Valerius Maximianus Lucius Gallus Julianus Gaius Vettius Sabinianus Titus Vitrasius Pollio
Marcomanni: Ballomar
Quadi: Ariogaesus
Iazyges: Banadaspus, Zanticus
Naristi: Valao
Strength
13 legions
2 vexillationes
Danubian fleet
58 auxiliary cohorts
977,000[a]
Casualties and losses
Moderate
Heavy
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The Marcomannic Wars (Latin: bellum Germanicum et Sarmaticum,[b] "German and Sarmatian War") were a series of wars lasting from about 166 until 180 AD. These wars pitted the Roman Empire against principally the Germanic Marcomanni and Quadi and the Sarmatian Iazyges; there were related conflicts with several other Germanic, Sarmatian and Gothic peoples along both sides of the whole length of the Roman Empire's northeastern European border, the river Danube.
The struggle against the Germans and Sarmatians occupied the major part of the reign of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, and it was during his campaigns against them that he started writing his philosophical work Meditations.[c]
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