Marcomannic Wars and Antonine Plague. Selected essays on two disasters that shook the Roman World

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Vlach, Marek
The Antonine Plague and impact possibilities during the Marcomannic Wars.
Marcomannic Wars and Antonine Plague. Selected essays on two disasters that shook the Roman World. Brno: Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology, Brno, 2020 - (Erdrich, M.; Komoróczy, B.; Madejski, P.; Vlach, M.), s. 23-36. Spisy Archeologického ústavu AV ČR Brno, 61. ISBN 978-80-7524-026-2
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA20-11070S
Grant ostatní: Rada Programu interní podpory projektů mezinárodní spolupráce AV ČR(CZ) M300011201
Program: M
Klíčová slova: Roman Period * Paleoepidemiology * Antonine plague * Marcomannic wars * Roman military * Middle Danube region * Barbarian populations
Obor OECD: Archaeology

The 3rd century crisis of the Roman Empire is generally considered to be a consequence of developments within various segments of the Roman Empire (social unrests and uprising, economic instability, inflation etc.) and external influences (devastating barbarian raids and military conflicts). Many scholars mentioned amongst others the effects of an epidemic event, which could have led to significant
interferences within demographic, institutional and economic structures in various parts of the Roman Empire. Our present state of knowledge concerning quantitative and qualitative impact of the so-called Antonine Plague (or Galenic Plague) includes considerable
differences in estimated death toll figures, resulting in the range of many millions. Besides its role due to the further development during the 3rd century AD, a non-negligible part of the epidemics has to be considered during the 2nd half of the 2nd century AD in the region where the most intensive part of military conflict of the Marcomannic wars has taken place - the Middle Danube region, within
the provinces as well as beyond the Roman borders. The latest state of research of the Roman military presence at the Germanic territories point out both extensive and intensive form of occupation.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0313776