Marcomannic kingdom in Bohemia

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The Marcomannic kingdom in Bohemia was an early 1st-century Germanic tribal realm centered in the Bohemian region, notable as a powerful and organized Marcomanni state that interacted and conflicted with the Roman Empire.

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Marcomanni territory 1
Marcomannic kingdom in Bohemia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient polity
barbarian client kingdom of Rome
early Germanic tribal kingdom
alliedTribe Lugii
Quadi
capital unknown fortified center in Bohemia
conflictWith Roman Empire
Roman general Drusus the Elder
linked to: Drusus the Elder

Roman general Tiberius
continent Europe
culture Germanic
downfallCause Roman-backed internal rivals
overthrow of Maroboduus by Catualda
economy agriculture and pastoralism
tribute from subject tribes
endTime around AD 19
ethnicGroup Marcomanni
floruit reign of Augustus
reign of Tiberius
foundationEvent migration of the Marcomanni into Bohemia under Maroboduus
foundedBy Maroboduus
governmentType monarchy
historicalSignificance important factor in Roman frontier policy on the Danube
one of the earliest documented centralized Germanic kingdoms
language Germanic languages
locatedIn Bohemia
Central Europe
region north of the Danube
militaryFeature fortified hilltop settlements
organized standing army of Germanic warriors
neighbour Quadi territory in present-day Moravia and Slovakia
Roman Empire
politicalStructure centralized tribal confederation
population Marcomanni and allied Germanic tribes
predecessor Marcomanni tribal groups in the Elbe region
regionCorrespondsTo modern Czech Republic (Bohemia)
religion Germanic paganism
linked to: Germanic mythology
ruler Catualda
Maroboduus
source Cassius Dio
Tacitus
Velleius Paterculus
startTime around 9 BC
statusRelativeToRome formally recognized as a client kingdom
strategicRole buffer state between Rome and inner Germania
successor later Marcomannic and Quadi polities in Bohemia and Slovakia
timePeriod early 1st century AD
treatyWith Augustus
Tiberius

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Maroboduus countryRuled Marcomannic kingdom in Bohemia
Kingdom of the Quadi borderedBy Marcomanni territory
linked to: Marcomannic kingdom in Bohemia