The
'Marcomanni were a Germanic people, probably related to the Suebi or Suevi. in the 2nd c. A.D., they formed a confederations with other peoples including Quadi
?,
Vandals, and Samatians
? against
Rome. According to the historian Eutropius
?, the forces of the Emperor
Marcus Aurelius battled against the Marcomannic confederation for three years at the fortress of Carnuntum
? in Pannonia
?. He compared the war and Marcus Aurelius' success against the Marcomanni and their allies to the
Punic Wars.
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