!!!Regenwunder

Rain Miracle, extraordinary rescue of Roman troops in the campaigns 
against the Germans ( Marcomanni), probably occurred on June 11, 172 
A.D. The Romans were encircled by their enemies and suffered greatly 
from intense heat and water shortage when, suddenly, they were saved 
by an onset of thunderstorms. Pagan and Christian authors attributed 
this incident to divine intervention. Tertullian (died after 220) and 
later Eusebius interpreted it as the answer to the prayers of the 
Christian soldiers. The Rain Miracle is the earliest indication of the 
presence of Christians on Austrian territory. It is depicted on the 
column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome.

!Literature
W. Jobst, 11. Juni 172 n. Chr. Der Tag des 
Blitz- und Regenwunders im Quadenlande, 1978; M. Sage, Eusebius and 
the Rain Miracle, 1987.


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