even banished those who had previously been brought there. The Germanic tribes were temporarily checked, but the Marcomannic Wars were only the prelude of the invasions that would eventually disassemble and end the Western Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries. In popular culture Two films, The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) and Gladiator (2000), open with a fictionalized portrayal of a final battle of the Marcomannic Wars. Maps Key: Red arrows: Romans. Green arrows: Marcomanns. Italy and Adriatic Sea at bottom left corner. First Marcomannic war Second Marcomannic war References Notes Citations Bibliography Cassius Dio, Historia romana, Books LXXII & LXXIII Historia Augusta, The. Lives of Marcus Aurelius. 1 & 2, Lucius Verus and Commodus (Loeb Classical Library edition). Herodian, History of the Roman Empire since the Death of Marcus Aurelius, Book I, Ch. 1–6 Robertson, Donald. How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2019. External links Marco Aurelio y la frontera del Danubio Marcus Aurelius and Barbarian Immigration in the Second Century Roman Empire The Marcomannic Wars 160s conflicts 170s conflicts 160s in the Roman Empire 170s in the Roman Empire 180s in the Roman Empire Battles involving the Suebi Battles of antiquity Wars Quadi Wars involving Germanic peoples Wars involving the Roman Empire Wars involving the Sarmatians