Furtius

Furtius was in the early Roman Empire , a client king of the Quadi in the middle Danube region . He was installed by Emperor Marc Aurel in 171 and ruled over the Quads until his expulsion in 173.

Reign

Roman counter-offensive under Marc Aurel

During the Marcomannic Wars, the Romans chased the quadrupeds and other invaders from their area and went on the counter-offensive. Marc Aurel himself led this punitive expedition against the Quads. His troops crossed the Danube at Brigetio and penetrated through the river valleys into the interior of (today's) Slovakia, but there the Romans encountered the resistance of the Quadi.

In 171 the emperor concluded a peace treaty with the Quadi and abolished the alliance of the Quadi, Marcomanni and Sarmatians for some time. The quads were obliged to hand over the prisoners and to hand over horses and cattle to Rome and received a client king named Furtius who was appointed by Rome. However, soon afterwards - in 173 - the Quads deposed Furtius, who were friendly to Rome, and selected Ariogaisus from their own ranks as king over their empire on the central Danube.

The existence of a "royal layer" at this time is archaeologically proven with the royal grave of Mušov discovered in South Moravia .

Remarks

↑ Heinrich Beck , Reinhard Wenskus : Ariogaisos. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1973, ISBN 3-11-004489-7 , pp. 406-407. (accessed via GAO at De Gruyter Online).
↑ ^a ^b ^c cf. Titus Kolnik: Quaden. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 23, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017535-5 , pp. 631-640. (accessed via GAO at De Gruyter Online).
↑ Cassius Dio 71,13,3
↑ Cf. Jaroslav Peška: "Royal Crypt" by Mušov . In: Jaroslav Peška (ed.): The royal tomb of Mušov. Teutons and Romans north of the central Danube in the first two centuries AD . Mikulov 1991, pp. 28-45; see. Jaroslav Tejral: The problems of Roman-Germanic relations taking into account the new research results in the Lower Austrian-South Moravian Thaya river area . In: Report of the Roman-Germanic Commission (RGK) 73. 1992 (1993), pp. 37–475.

literature

Heinrich Beck , Reinhard Wenskus : Ariogaisos. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1973, ISBN 3-11-004489-7 , pp. 406-407. ( Article accessed via GAO at De Gruyter Online)
Andreas Hofeneder, Titus Kolnik, Günter Neumann : Quaden. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 23, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017535-5 , pp. 624-640. ( Article accessed via GAO at De Gruyter Online)

personal data
SURNAME	Furtius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Client king of the Quads
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century
DATE OF DEATH	2nd century or 3rd century

[1] Heinrich Beck , Reinhard Wenskus : Ariogaisos. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1973, ISBN 3-11-004489-7 , pp. 406-407. (accessed via GAO at De Gruyter Online).

[kol-2] . Titus Kolnik: Quaden. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 23, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017535-5 , pp. 631-640. (accessed via GAO at De Gruyter Online).

[3] Cassius Dio 71,13,3

[4] Cf. Jaroslav Peška: "Royal Crypt" by Mušov . In: Jaroslav Peška (ed.): The royal tomb of Mušov. Teutons and Romans north of the central Danube in the first two centuries AD . Mikulov 1991, pp. 28-45; see. Jaroslav Tejral: The problems of Roman-Germanic relations taking into account the new research results in the Lower Austrian-South Moravian Thaya river area . In: Report of the Roman-Germanic Commission (RGK) 73. 1992 (1993), pp. 37–475.