Marbod or Maroboduus, died in A.D. 37, was king of the
Marcomanni. Marbod organized a confederation of several Germanic tribes in about 9 B.C. to deal with the threat of
Roman expansion into the Rhine-Danube basin. The Marcomanni founded a kingdom in
Bohemia, and formed a confederation with neighboring Germanic tribes in what are now
Silesia and
Saxony.