1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARMINIUS, the Latinized form of the name of HERMANN, or more probably ARMIN (17 B.C.-A.D. 21), the German national hero. He was a son of a certain Segimer, a prince of the tribe of the Cherusci, and in early life served with distinction as an officer in the Roman armies. Returning to his own people he found them chafing under the yoke of the Roman governor, Quintilius Varus; he entertained for them hopes of freedom, and cautiously inducing neighbouring tribes to join his standard he led the rebellion which broke ou…
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