

La journée internationale de la francophonie, cest quoi During the unification of Germany in the 19th century, Arminius was hailed by German nationalists as a symbol of German unity and freedom. Germanic nobles, afraid of Arminius' growing power, assassinated him in AD He was remembered in Germanic legends for generations afterwards. In the aftermath of the battle, Arminius fought retaliatory invasions by the Roman general Germanicus in the battles of Pontes LongiIdistavisoand the Angrivarian Walland deposed a rival, the Marcomanni king Maroboduus. While in this capacity, Arminius secretly plotted a Germanic revolt against Roman rule, which culminated in the ambush and destruction of three Roman legions in the Teutoburg Forest. After serving with distinction in the Great Illyrian Revolthe was sent to Germania to aid the local governor Publius Quinctilius Varus in completing the Roman conquest of the Germanic tribes. Raised in Romehe was drafted into the Roman military at an early age, during which he was granted Roman citizenship and became a Roman knight.

His victory at Teutoburg Forest would precipitate the Roman Empire 's permanent strategic withdrawal from Magna Germaniaand made a major contribution to the eventual fall of the Western Roman Empire several centuries later.īorn a prince of the Cherusci tribe, Arminius was made a hostage of the Roman Empire as a child.
