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CHERUSCI , an See also:

ancient See also:German tribe occupying the See also:basin of the See also:Weser to the See also:north of the See also:Chatti. Together with the other tribes of western See also:Germany they submitted to the See also:Romans in 11—9 B.C., but in A.D. 9 See also:Arminius, one of their princes, See also:rose in revolt, and defeated and slew the See also:Roman See also:general Quintilius See also:Varna with his whole See also:army. Germanicus See also:Caesar made several unsuccessful attempts to bring them into subjection again. By the end of the 1st See also:century the See also:prestige of the Cherusci had declined through unsuccessful warfare with the Chatti. Their territory was eventually occupied by the See also:Saxons. See also:Tacitus, See also:Annals, i. 2, II, 12, 13; Germania, 36; See also:Strabo, p. 291 f.; E. See also:Devrient, in Neue Jahrb. f. d. klass. Alter. (1900), p.

517.

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