The Roman Presence in Bohemia and Moravia During the Marcomannic Wars

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[...] The first one was the Roman Empire and the second was the Germanic world. From the time of Augustus till the end of the fourth century AD, some complex relations were held in the region, with peaceful commercial contacts and periods of war. According to the testimony of literary sources, Rome was generally trying to force her presence by various means. For example, she was present in the political development of the neighbouring barbarian tribes (like with Maroboduus during the first century AD) and was trying to ensure stability in the border zones through contractual relations with the tribes. [...]

[...] Ediciones Poliferno, Madrid. pp. 1422– Balázs Komoróczy, Marek Vlach, “Viae militares a modelování vybraných prostorových aspek&t římsko-barbarských konfrontací na území s&tedodunajského barbarika”, In Jan Martínek in Výzkum historických cest v interdisciplinárním kontextu 2018, Vlasti&vdný &vstník moravský Supplementum Brno, p Balázs Komoróczy, “The character of the internal buildings of - the Roman military bases on Burgstall at Mušov South Moravia Czech Republic” in: Limes XX - Roman Frontier Studies, Volume 2. Ediciones Poliferno, Madrid. pp. 1422– Historia Augusta, XXVI Mihai Popescu, Quades et Marcomans contre Marc Aurèle, Illustroria Herodian, Roman history, 7. [...]

[...] Here is a detailed summary of the Marcomannic Wars based on their writing and on scientific sources. II. The Marcomannic Wars During the last part of the second century AD, in the north of Europe and around the Baltic, a demographic increase followed by a climate cooling prevent the Goths from subsisting. They migrate to the plains of the Oder and the Elbe. The warning signs (conflict with the Chatti in 162-163 AD) were not resolved, in order to avoid the opening of a second military front in the middle of the war with the Parthian in the East (162-166 AD). [...]

[...] In central Europe, temporary camps are known in the region of south and east Moravia like the camps of Brno-Mo&dice, Olomouc-N&eedín and Mušov or &Pibice (see the Appendices at the end). Most of them were discovered by aerial observations but, in three cases, the trenches were accidentally discovered during rescue searches (Brno-Mo&dice, Hulín and Olomouc- N&eedín). The largest concentration of camps is found on the outskirts of the Mušov base camp. In Moravia, there is three different types of camps. [...]

[...] Workshops for mending weapons and gear (fabricé), bakers ovens and several other production structures, documenting activities connected with the needs of military troops and dating of the Roman period, have been preserved at the flat hilltop and hillsides of Hradisko. The site has been dated to the second half of the 2nd century. In the fortification moat Mušov–Neuriessen IV, the archaeologist found the skeletons of thirty-four humans: six men, twenty women, six children and two adults. Half of them showed some violence traces. Therefore, three complete skeletons horses, two cows, two bulls and some parts of a mule donkey or sheep. [...]