Pannonia

Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 45.749, 16.603 · 13 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
AD 14Tacitus, Annals and HistoriesMutiny breaks out in the Pannonian legions, taking advantage of the change of emperor
AD 14Tacitus, Annals and HistoriesTiberius sends his son Drusus to the Pannonian camp with leading men and two cohorts of the Praetorian Guard
AD 14Tacitus, Annals and HistoriesSoldiers alarmed by a lunar eclipse — the moon's light going out in the night sky — begin to calm down
AD 166Cassius Dio, Roman History6,000 Langobardi and Obii crossed the Ister (Danube) but were utterly routed by the cavalry and infantry; the Marcomanni sent envoys to Iallius Bassus, governor of Pannonia, swore oaths and made peace
AD 172Cassius Dio, Roman HistoryMarcus stayed in Pannonia and received barbarian envoys: the Quadi made peace (13,000 captives returned), an alliance was made with the boy tribe of the Batavarii, and access to markets was denied
AD 172Cassius Dio, Roman HistoryThe Marcomanni won a battle in which Marcus Vindex, the praetorian prefect, was killed; Marcus set up three statues for him and, after defeating the enemy, received the title Germanicus
AD 174Cassius Dio, Roman HistoryWhen the Marcomanni had fulfilled all conditions, Marcus returned half of the neutral border zone, fixed places and days for trade, and exchanged hostages
AD 175Cassius Dio, Roman HistoryMarcus addressed the soldiers about Cassius's revolt, lamenting fate rather than showing anger, and said he would forgive Cassius
AD 180Herodian, History of the EmpireMarcus Aurelius dies of illness on the Danube front. He urges his son Commodus to treat his ministers well and passes away within a day and a night.
AD 180Herodian, History of the EmpireCommodus addresses the army from a platform and wins its loyalty by distributing a donative.
AD 180Herodian, History of the EmpireFlatterers disparage the Danube cold and extol the pleasures of Rome, so Commodus longs to return.
AD 180Herodian, History of the EmpirePompeianus urges him to end the war and leave, saying "Rome is wherever the emperor is." Commodus asks for time.
AD 193Herodian, History of the EmpireSeverus gives his army only minimal baggage and sets out in haste for Rome.
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