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- proper noun An ancient
Germanic tribe .
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[225] Of these, the Marcomanni are the most powerful and renowned; and have even acquired the country which they inhabit, by their valor in expelling the Boii.
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Malgak called the Marcomanni to him and said softly, "I will try to get the one called Casca close to the doorway.
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The Marcomanni and Quadi invaders were eventually forced back, but Marcus had his hands full with rebel groups in the Balkans and Spain as well, and spent the next few years pacifying these various elements.
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Arminius still led his alliance against his old rival Marbod of the Marcomanni and kicked him out of his kingdom, but after that the alliance crumbled.
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Through a collection of 2,000 objects from more than 23 countries, it shines a spotlight on the period of European history that saw Germanic tribes - Saxons, Goths, Vandals, Marcomanni, Franks - make aggressive incursions into the western Roman Empire before colonising it completely.
Exhibit: 'Rome and the Barbarians: The Birth of a New World', at the Palazzo Grassi, Venice
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Carved in 180AD, the sarcophagus depicts the recent victory of Emperor Marcus Aurelius's army over the Marcomanni.
Exhibit: 'Rome and the Barbarians: The Birth of a New World', at the Palazzo Grassi, Venice
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Using Dacia as a base of operations, Domitian waged war against the Marcomanni, Quadi, and Iazyges.
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The Marcomannic War was a major revolt of the client peoples (the Chatti, Marcomanni, Quadi, Hermunduri, Iazyges, and Roxolani) along the upper Rhine and Danube.
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He quickly made peace with the Marcomanni and Quadi and returned to Rome.
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A second Dacian War in 88 was successful, but final victory was precluded by the revolt of the legate of upper Germany, L. Antonius Saturninus (in 89), and by the rebellion of the Quadi, Marcomanni, and Iazyges, client peoples north of the Danube.
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