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Marcomani

Marcomani · m

a Germanic people, a portion of the tribe of the Suevi, who, after their defeat by Drusus, removed from the Rhine and…

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Where it lives

de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 4 · 7.26/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Annales 2 · 0.23/10k
De bello Gallico 1 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

Marcŏmăni — Lewis & Short

Marcŏmăni and -manni, ōrum, m.marka, a march, border; the marchmen, borderers,

I a Germanic people, a portion of the tribe of the Suevi, who, after their defeat by Drusus, removed from the Rhine and the Main to the country of the Boii (Bohemians), Caes. B. G. 1, 51; Tac. G. 42; id. A. 2, 46; 62; Vell. 2, 108; 109; 110 and 382; Stat. S. 3, 3, 170; Vop. Aur. 13, 3.—Hence,

A Marcŏmănĭa and -mannĭa, ae, f., the country of the Marcomanni, Capitol. M. Aur. 24, 5.—

B Marcŏmănĭcus and -mannĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Marcomanni, Marcomannic: bellum, Capitol. M. Aur. 17; Eutr. 8, 12; 13: MARCOMANNICVS MAXIMVS, a surname given to Caracalla, commemorative of his victory over the Marcomanni, Inscr. Mur. 1021, 7.

In the wild

Marcomanis Tacitus, de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 42.2
Marcomani Tacitus, de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 42.1
Marcomanos Tacitus, Annales 2.p47
Marcomanorum Tacitus, de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 42.1
Marcomanos Julius Caesar, De bello Gallico 1.51.2
Marcomanos Statius, Silvae 3.3.170

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Where it came from

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