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Marcus Aurelius' rain miracle and the Marcomannic wars
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Marcus Aurelius' rain miracle and the Marcomannic wars

Author: Péter Kovács
Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava., Supplementum ;, 308.; Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava., Supplementum., History and archaeology of classical antiquity.
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"The longest war of the Roman imperial period is the war Marcus Aurelius waged with the northern German and Sarmatian tribes. The best-known events of these wars were the lightning and rain miracles. Divine intervention saved the Roman troops who were surrounded by the Germans and suffering from a water shortage, by means of a lightning and rain miracle. Thunderbolts struck the enemy while the rain soothed the  Read more...
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Kovács, Péter, 1969-
Marcus Aurelius' rain miracle and the Marcomannic wars.
Leiden ; Boston : Brill ; 2009
(OCoLC)646912314
Named Person: Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome; Mark Aurel, Römisches Reich Kaiser.
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Péter Kovács
ISBN: 9789004166394 9004166394
OCLC Number: 245598896
Description: xviii, 301 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Series Title: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava., Supplementum ;, 308.; Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava., Supplementum., History and archaeology of classical antiquity.
Responsibility: by Péter Kovács.
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The rain and lightning miracles are the best-known events of Marcus Aurelius' northern wars. Several pagan and Christian versions existed in Antiquity. The author studies and publishes the sources  Read more...

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schema:reviewBody""The longest war of the Roman imperial period is the war Marcus Aurelius waged with the northern German and Sarmatian tribes. The best-known events of these wars were the lightning and rain miracles. Divine intervention saved the Roman troops who were surrounded by the Germans and suffering from a water shortage, by means of a lightning and rain miracle. Thunderbolts struck the enemy while the rain soothed the Romans' suffering. Several pagan and Christian versions of the miracle existed already in Antiquity." "Peter Kovacs examines these events and their sources in detail. The most important source is the Column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome. The scenes of the column depict the miracles as well and therefore it was studied separately. The author also sketches the history of the Marcomannic wars. He publishes all the sources of the miracles and examines the development of the legend from Antiquity to the 14th century."--BOOK JACKET."
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