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CAESAR GERMANICUS

Ceasar Germanicus was a distinguished Roman. The son of Nero Claudius Drusus and the younger Antonia, a niece of Augustus, he was born in 15 BC and died in 19 AD. He was adopted by Tiberius, his paternal uncle, and married Agrippina, the granddaughter of Augustus. When Augustus died, in 14 AD, Germanicus was invited by the rebellious legions on the Rhine to assume the sovereignty, but refused, and quelled the revolt. He then crossed the Rhine, surprised and defeated the Marsi with great slaughter. Next year a campaign against the Catti and the Germans, led by Arminius, resulted in a series of victories. The following year he again made his way into Germany, defeated the Cherusci twice, and made an incursion into the country of the Marsi. Tiberius now became jealous of the glory of Germanicus, called him home under pretence of granting him a triumph, then, to get rid of him, sent him into the East to compose the disturbances in Armenia and Cappadocia. This he performed in 18 AD, visited Egypt the following year, and died on his return to Syria under some suspicion of having been poisoned by Cn. Piso, the governor of Syria.
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CHERUSCI

The Cherusci were an ancient German tribe, whose territory probably was situated in that part of Germany lying between the Weser and the Elbe, and having the Harz Mountains on the north and the Sudetic range on the south. This tribe was known to the Romans before 50 BC, and occasionally served in the Roman armies. But when Varus attempted to subject them to the Roman laws they formed a confederation with many smaller tribes, and having decoyed him into the forests, destroyed his whole army in a battle which lasted three days, and in which he himself was slain in 9 AD. Upon this the Cherusci became the chief object of the attacks of the Romans. Germanicus marched against them, but though successful in several campaigns did not obtain any permanent advantages. Subsequently the Cherusci were overcome by the Chatti, and latterly they were incorporated among the Franks.
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