Marcomanni
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Why, here on the frontiers, are all your tribes of many names, Alemanni and Franks, Goths and Quadi and Marcomanni, the same in this unfaithfulness?
From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Dahn, Felix
A Goth, named Catwalda, assisted by Roman influence, became his successor as chief of the Marcomanni.
From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard
The Marcomanni submitted in 172, and the Quadi and Sarmatians in 175 A. D.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
He abandoned the war with the Marcomanni and Quadi without carrying out his father’s plans and granted them peace on lenient terms so that he might return to the enjoyments of the capital.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
Three hundred years ago one had not heard the name of the Alemanni; but our ancestors, the Marcomanni, had already long fiercely fought with the Romans.
From Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 by Dahn, Felix
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