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Author Kovács, Péter, 1969- author.

Title Marcus Aurelius' rain miracle and the Marcomannic wars / by Péter Kovács
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 301 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Mnemosyne. Supplements, 0169-8958 ; volume 308. History and archaeology of classical antiquity
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 308.
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity.
Contents Introduction -- Chapter 1. The rain miracle -- Chapter 2. Research history of the rain miracle -- Chapter 3. Sources for the rain miracle -- Chapter 4. The rain miracle in medieval Latin and Byzantine sources -- Chapter 5. Coins and the rain miracle -- Chapter 6. The forged letter attributed to Marcus Aurelius -- Chapter 7. Julian Theurgistes and the rain miracle -- Chapter 8. The lightning and rain miracles -- Chapter 9. The Column of Marcus Aurelius -- Chapter 10. The scenes on the Column of Marcus Aurelius -- Chapter 11. Marcomannic-Quadian assault on Italy -- Chapter 12. Pannonia and the Marcomannic wars -- Chapter 13. The dating of the scenes on the Column of Marcus Aurelius
Summary 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 and the development of the legend from Antiquity to the 14th century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-288) and indexes
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Subject Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180.
SUBJECT Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180 fast
Mark Aurel Römisches Reich, Kaiser. swd
Subject Marcomannic War, 167-180 -- Religious aspects
Miracles.
miracles.
HISTORY -- Ancient.
Miracles
Religion
War -- Religious aspects
Regen
Markomannenkriege
Wunder
SUBJECT Rome -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96009771
Rome -- History -- Marcus Aurelius, 161-180. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115144
Subject Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789047443261
9047443268
1282398350
9781282398351
9786612398353
6612398353