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Marcus Aurelius and the Marcomannic War Strategy
Episode 37 of Fexingo History's Marcus Aurelius series explores the strategic decisions and challenges of the Marcomannic Wars (166–180 CE), the longest and most draining conflict of his reign. Lucas and Luna discuss the emperor's winter campaigns on the Danube frontier, his use of Roman military engineering to control key river crossings, and the controversial policy of settling defeated Germanic tribes within the empire as coloni. They examine the role of the Praetorian Prefect Taruttienus Paternus, the logistics of supplying legions in frozen terrain, and the political fallout…
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