The Anarti, together with the Celtic Cotini, are described by Tacitus as vassals of the powerful Quadi Germanic people. |
The Quadi are on the edge of greater Suebia, having the Sarmatians to the southeast. |
Very likely, they had been in part the Boii, who were a strong force on the Danube until they encountered the Marcomanni and Quadi. |
North of the Baemoi, is the Luna forest which has iron mines, and which is south of the Quadi. |
The Quadi and the Marcomanni, 83 who had taken the lead in the war, were the most severely punished in its catastrophe. |
Within his own alliance were various Suebic peoples, Hermunduri, Quadi, Semnones, Lugii, Zumi, Butones, Mugilones, Sibini and Langobards. |