Skip to content
Nico Kokkonen · CC BY 3.0
Event war Europe

Marcomannic Wars

166 CE – 180 CE

Germanic and Sarmatian tribes broke through the Danube frontier and penetrated deep into Roman territory, even reaching northern Italy.

See it on the timeline

Wikipedia

The opening of the article, and a way into the rest of it without leaving the site.

166–180 AD series of Roman wars with Danubian tribes

Marcomannic Wars on Wikipedia.

Read the article Open on Wikipedia ↗

The full record

This moment was taken from a record with a span of its own.

Conflict · Europe

Marcomannic Wars

166 CE – 180 CE

Germanic and Sarmatian tribes broke through the Danube frontier and penetrated deep into Roman territory, even reaching northern Italy. Emperor Marcus Aurelius spent most of his reign fighting these wars, famously writing his Meditations in his campaign tent.

Standing in 166 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Saami Polity · Europe 1500 BCE – 700 CE European tribal peoples Polity · Europe 3000 BCE – 1930 CE Germanic and Slavic tribes Polity · Europe 3000 BCE – 1200 CE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Giant's Causeway Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Danube Delta Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

122 CE Hadrian's Wall 125 CE Pantheon 132 CE Bar Kokhba Revolt 184 CE Yellow Turban Rebellion 208 CE Battle of Red Cliffs 220 CE Three Kingdoms (China)
Image credits1 picture from Wikimedia Commons