Re: Germanicus Caesar and Arminius, A.D.14-17.


"Dom" <DRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Raktizer Omheit wrote:
>> The Romans in the early years of the Emoire made several attempts to
>> conquer
>> the Germanic lands as far as the Elbe River, but by the time that they
>> were
>> ready to conquer what is now Germany, the Roman armies were overstretched
>> in
>> maintaining their geographically vast and ethnically diverse empire. In
>> addition, the Romans suffered a severe setback in their attempt to
>> conquer
>> the German lands east of the Rhine River, and north of the Neckar and
>> Main
>> Rivers, when the legions under the command of the Roman general Publius
>> Quinctilius Varus were ambushed in several guerrilla-style attrition
>> attacks
>> in the heavily forested and mountainous Teutoburger Wald in A.D.9 by the
>> warriors of the German chieftain Arminius, a former pro-Roman mercenary
>> soldier. This defeat for the Romans was soon enough avenged by the Roman
>> armies led by the Roman general called Germanicus Caesar who led a
>> campaign
>> against the German tribes living east of the Rhine River from A.D. 14-17,
>> inflicting several defeats on the Germans in the process, including
>> wounding
>> Arminius and recapturing the stolen legionary colours or standards of
>> Varus
>> in A.D.16. Arminius's pregnant wife Thusnelda was also captured by the
>> Romans, and she was sent to Italy where she gave birth to a boy. [snip]
>
> For more details about Germanicus, Arminius, his wife, and his
> father-in-law Segestes, read Tacitus, "The Annals of Imperial Rome,"
> Penguin Classics (1996) trans. By Michael Grant.
>
> "Segestes' daughter, engaged to another man, was stolen by Arminius."
> [p 64]
>
> "A son was born to Arminius' wife; he was brought up at Ravenna." [p
> 66]
>
> Arminius was not a mercenary, but a Roman citizen who "had commanded a
> Cheruscan force in the Roman Army." [p 82]
>
> So in fact he was a Roman citizen who commanded an auxiliary force allied
> to Rome for a while. Thanks for clarifying this point.
>
> " ... Italicus, son of Flavus (Arminius' brother) and of a daughter
> of Acumerus, chief of the Chatti. Italicus was kept at Rome--a handsome
> man, trained to fight and ride in both the German and Roman style. [p
> 238]
>
> DR
>


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