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Péter Kovács
Péter Kovács may refer to:*Péter Kovács (serial killer) (1934–1968), Hungarian serial killer *Péter Kovács (handballer) (born 1955), Hungarian Olympic handball player *Péter Kovács (gymnast) (1959-2024), Hungarian gymnast *Péter Kovács (lawyer) (born 1959), Hungarian judge of the Constitutional Court *Péter Kovács (politician) (born 1971), Hungarian politician *Péter Kovács (footballer) (born 1978), Hungarian footballer *Péter Kovács (basketball) (born 1989), Hungarian basketball player *Péter Kovács (painter), 2008 recipient of the Kossuth Prize Provided by Wikipedia
Marcus Aurelius' rain miracle and the Marcomannic wars /
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The longest war of the Roman imperial period is the war Marcus Aurelius waged with the northern German and Sarmatian tribes. The best-known events of these wars were the lightning and rain miracles. Divine intervention saved the Roman troops who were surrounded by the Germans and suffering from a water shortage, by means of a lightning and rain miracle. Thunderbolts struck the enemy while the rain soothed the Romans' suffering. Several pagan and Christian versions of the miracle existed already in Antiquity. Péter Kovács examines these events and their sources in detail. The most important source is the Column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome. The scenes of the column depict the miracles as well and therefore it was studied separately. The author also sketches the history of the Marcomannic wars. He publishes all the sources of the miracles and examines the development of the legend from Antiquity to the 14th century.
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