Marcomanni

[mahr-koh-man-ahy]

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. an ancient Germanic people who lived in central Europe.

Other Word Forms

• Marcomannic adjective

Example Sentences

It is surrounded by bas-reliefs, representing the conquest of the Marcomanni.

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Walter, Latin Poems attributed to, a source for medi�val students' songs, 352.Marcomanni,

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Through one of these devotees, he actually sent an oracle to Marcus Aurelius among the Marcomanni and Quadi, bidding him throw two lions with spices into the Danube, and there should be a great victory.

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After two severe reverses, the Romans, under Tettius Julianus, gained a signal advantage, but were obliged to make peace owing to the defeat of Domitian by the Marcomanni.

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It was formerly generally accepted as a fact that all Bohemia was originally inhabited by Celtic tribes, who were succeeded by the Germanic Marcomanni, and later by the Slavic Czechs.

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