The German conquests of Marcus Aurelius

[Optimus Marcus Ulpius Traianus]

I was wondering how extensive they were i've never seen them mapped or quantified. I know that they were extensive and impressive subduing several tribes but not really how many.

[Mangalore]

I was wondering how extensive they were i've never seen them mapped or quantified. I know that they were extensive and impressive subduing several tribes but not really how many.

That's because he didn't actually conquer anything. With an edpidemic and a Parthian war at hands the Germanic wars were exhausting Rome's standing military capabilities and were mainly aimed at destroying the threat of Germanic invasions without the labour of occupying new - less easily defended (no Danube river)- territory. The Marcomanni plundered in Italy which together with the plague sent panic through Rome as if the gods had forsaken them.