Marcomanni

, a people of Germany, who originally dwelt on the banks of the Rhine and the Danube. They proved powerful enemies to the Roman emperors. August us granted them peace, but they were afterwards subdued by Ant on in us and Trajan, . Paterculus , bk. 2 , ch. 109 .— Tacitus , Annals , bk. 2 , chs. 46 & 62; German i a , ch. 42 .