MARCUS AURELIUS’ RAIN MIRACLE: WHEN AND WHERE?

• Authors: Kovács Péter
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In his paper the author deals with the two most important problems of the rain miracle during Marcus Aurelius’ campaign against the Quadi: where and when did it happen. After examining the written sources (esp. the accounts of Cassius Dio, the vita Marci of the Historia Augusta, Tertullianus and Eusebius and Marcus Aurelius’ forged letter) and the depictions of the Antonine Column in Rome (scenes XI and XVI), the author comes to the conclusion that there were two miracles (lightning and rain miracles: the former one in the presence of the emperor) the year could be 172 AD (but 171 cannot be excluded either) and the miracle happened probably in the borders of the Quadi and the Cotini.

Keywords

EN

MARCUS AURELIUS; PANNONIA; RAIN MIRACLE; BARBARICUM; MARCOMANNIC WARS

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Študijné zvesti
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 62
• Pages: 101 - 111

Contributors

author

Kovács Péter

• Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Egyetem u. 1, H – 2081 Piliscsaba, Hungary