North of the Baemoi, is the Luna forest which has iron mines, and which is south of the Quadi. |
It is thought that this group probably contained a significant amount of Quadi, moving out of their homeland under pressure from Radagaisus. |
The Quadi are on the edge of greater Suebia, having the Sarmatians to the southeast. |
In the third century Jordanes claims that the Marcomanni paid tribute to the Goths, and that the princes of the Quadi were enslaved. |
The Quadi and the Marcomanni, 83 who had taken the lead in the war, were the most severely punished in its catastrophe. |
Very likely, they had been in part the Boii, who were a strong force on the Danube until they encountered the Marcomanni and Quadi. |