Kovács, Péter1969-creatortextbibliographybiographyElectronic books.History.Electronic books.neLeidenBostonBrill2009monographiceng1 online resource (xviii, 301 pages) : illustrations, map.The rain and lightning miracles are the best-known events of Marcus Aurelius' northern wars. Several pagan and Christian versions existed in Antiquity. The author studies and publishes the sources and the development of the legend from Antiquity to the 14th century.Introduction -- Chapter 1. The rain miracle -- Chapter 2. Research history of the rain miracle -- Chapter 3. Sources for the rain miracle -- Chapter 4. The rain miracle in medieval Latin and Byzantine sources -- Chapter 5. Coins and the rain miracle -- Chapter 6. The forged letter attributed to Marcus Aurelius -- Chapter 7. Julian Theurgistes and the rain miracle -- Chapter 8. The lightning and rain miracles -- Chapter 9. The Column of Marcus Aurelius -- Chapter 10. The scenes on the Column of Marcus Aurelius -- Chapter 11. Marcomannic-Quadian assault on Italy -- Chapter 12. Pannonia and the Marcomannic wars -- Chapter 13. The dating of the scenes on the Column of Marcus Aurelius.by Péter Kovács.Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-288) and indexes.Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDLElectronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDLMaster and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDLdigitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDLe------f------aw-----Emperor of RomeMarcus Aurelius121-180Emperor of RomeMarcus Aurelius121-180Emperor of RomeMarcus Aurelius121-180Marcomannic War (167-180)Römisches Reich, KaiserMark AurelRomeReligionMarcomannic War, 167-180Religious aspectsRomeHistoryMarcus Aurelius, 161-180MiraclesHISTORYAncientMiraclesReligionReligious aspectsRome (Empire)RegenMarkomannenkriegeWunder 161-180 fast DG297 .K68 2009eb937/.07Kovács, Péter, 1969-Leiden ; Boston : Brill ; 2009(DLC) 2008038934(OCoLC)245598896SupplementumSupplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity97890474432619047443268239835 MILhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=308564http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=308564http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=308564http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=308564Use copy MiAaHDLN$T10040220200709055239.0ocn593229469eng