See GOTHS: A. D. 244-251.
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MARCOMANNI AND QUADI, The.
"The Marcomanni [an ancient German people who dwelt, first, on
the Rhine, but afterwards occupied southern Bohemia] stand
first in strength and renown, and their very territory, from
which the Boii were driven in a former age, was won by valour.
Nor are the Narisci [settled in the region of modern Ratisbon]
and Quadi [who probably occupied Moravia] inferior to them.
This I may call the frontier of Germany, so far as it is
completed by the Danube. The Marcomanni and Quadi have, up to
our time, been ruled by kings of their own nation, descended
from the noble stock of Maroboduus and Tudrus. They now submit
even to foreigners; but the strength and power of the monarch
depend on Roman influence."
_Tacitus,
Germany, translated by Church and Brodribb,
chapter 42._
"The Marcomanni cannot be demonstrated as a distinct people
before Marbod. It is very possible that the word up to that
point indicates nothing but what it etymologically
signifies—the land or frontier guard."
_T. Mommsen,
History of Rome,
book 5, chapter 7, foot-note._
See, also, AGRI DECUMATES.
MARCOMANNI AND QUADI:
War with Tiberius.
See GERMANY: B. C. 8-A. D. 11.
MARCOMANNI AND QUADI:
Wars with Marcus Aurelius.
See SARMATIAN AND MARCOMANNIAN WARS
OF MARCUS AURELIUS.
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MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS,
Roman Emperor, A. D. 161-180.
MARDIA, Battle of (A. D. 313).
See ROME: A. D. 305-323.
MARDIANS, The.
One of the tribes of the ancient Persians;
also called Amardians.
_M. Duncker,
History of Antiquity,
book 8, chapter 3._
See, also, TAPURIANS.
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MARDYCK: A. D. 1645-1646.
Thrice taken and retaken by French and Spaniards.
See NETHERLANDS: A. D. 1645-1646.
MARDYCK: A. D. 1657.
Siege and capture by the French.
Delivery to the English.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1655-1658.
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MARENGO, Battle of (1800).
See FRANCE: A. D. 1800-1801 (MAY-FEBRUARY).
MARFEE, Battle of (1641).
See FRANCE: A. D. 1641-1642.
MARGARET,
Queen of the North: Denmark and Norway, A. D. 1387-1412;
Sweden, 1388-1412.
Margaret (called The Maid of Norway),
Queen of Scotland, 1286-1290.
Margaret of Anjou, and the Wars of the Roses.
See ENGLAND: A. D. 1455-1471.
Margaret of Navarre, or Marguerite d'Angouléme,
and the Reformation in France.
See PAPACY: A.D. 1521-1535;
and NAVARRE: A.D. 1528-1563.
Margaret of Parma and her Regency in the Netherlands.
See NETHERLANDS: A. D. 1555-1559, and after.
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