Editing Marcomanni (section)

==Third century==
[[File:Caracalla 6033 dettaglio Museo Nazionale Napoli.jpg|thumb|Caracalla: Museo Nazionale Napoli]]
Around 214/215 AD, Dio Cassius reports that because of raids into Pannonia, the emperor [[Caracalla]] invited the Quadi king [[Gaiobomarus]] to meet him, and then had him executed. According to this report Caracalla "claimed that he had overcome the recklessness, greed, and treachery of the Germans by deceit, since these qualities could not be conquered by force", and he was proud of the "enmity with the Vandili and the Marcomani, who had been friends, and in having executed Gaïobomarus".<ref>{{harvtxt|Kolník|2003|p=634}} citing Dio Cassius, ''Roman History'', [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/78*.html 78]</ref>

The centre of activity of the Suebians along the Danube shifted east during the third century, towards what is now the Slovakia-Hungary border. This apparently reflects the increased importance of the Quadi, and the decreased importance of the Marcomanni.{{sfn|Tejral|2001a|p=305}}

During the reign of the Roman emperor [[Philip the Arab]] (reigned 244-249 AD), who cut off gifts which were being paid to Ukrainian Goths under the rule of [[Ostrogotha]], the 6th century writer [[Jordanes]] believed that the Marcomanni were also paying tribute to this same Gothic king, and the princes of the Quadi were effectively slaves of the Goths.

During the reign of [[Valerian (emperor)|Valerian]] (253-260 AD) the historian [[Zosimus (historian)|Zosimus]] reported that the Marcomanni made excursions at the same time as "[[Scythians]]" (Goths and allied peoples from Ukraine), making inroads into all the countries adjacent to the empire, laying Thessalonica waste.<ref>{{harvtxt|Kehne|2001a|p=299}} citing Zosimus [https://topostext.org/work/740 1.29]</ref> Valerian's son [[Gallienus]] (reigned 253-268 AD) settled the Marcomanni within the Roman province of [[Pannonia Superior]], south of the Danube. He also took [[Pipara|Pipa or Pipara]], the daughter of the Marcomanni king, Attalus, as a concubine.{{sfn|Kehne|2001a|p=299}}

Although the details are not clear, the emperor [[Diocletian]] claimed a triumph over the Marcomanni in 299 AD.{{sfn|Kehne|2001a|p=299}}