Arminius
At a glance:
- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Empires, Dynasties, Barbarians, Nomads, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Germanic military leader{$I[g]Europe;Arminius} Arminius’s unification of various Germanic tribes prevented the Roman conquest and colonization of Germany.
Early Life
Not much is known about the early life of Arminius (ahr-MIHN-ee-uhs), including his precise year of birth, which was around 17 b.c.e. He was the son of the Germanic tribal chieftain Segimer, one of those Germanic leaders who favored cooperation with the Romans.
Arminius, or Hermann the Cheruscan, as the Germans refer to him, grew up in a time when the Roman Empire...
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