Arminius

Arminius (; 18/17 BC–AD 21; Hermann in German) was a chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe who is best known for commanding an alliance of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9, in which three Roman legions under the command of general and governor Publius Quinctilius Varus were destroyed. His victory at Teutoburg Forest precipitated the Roman Empire's permanent strategic withdrawal and the deprovincialization of Germania Magna, and modern historians regard it as one of Imperial Rome's greatest defeats. As it prevented the Romanization of Germanic peoples east of the

battle between a coalition of Germanic peoples and an Imperial Roman army, 9 BCE

16 AD battle between Roman legions and Germanic peoples

alt=|thumb|Thusnelda statue in Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence. thumb|The Wife of Arminius Brought Captive to Germanicus by [[Benjamin West, 1773]] thumb|Hermann and Thusnelda (Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein|Tischbein, 1822) alt=|thumb|241x241px|Thusnelda at the Roman triumph|Triumph of Germanicus, by [[Karl von Piloty, 1873]] thumb|Arminius says goodbye to Thusnelda, Johannes Gehrts (1884) Thusnelda (; 10 BC – after AD 17) was a Germanic Cheruscan noblewoman who was captured by the Roman general Germanicus during his invasion of Germania. She was the wife of Arminius. Tacitus and Strabo cite he

epic poem by Heinrich Heine

non-fiction work by Edward Shepherd Creasy

thumb|Thusnelda at the Roman triumph|Triumph of Germanicus, by [[Karl von Piloty, 1873. The infant Thumelicus is depicted standing next to his mother.]] Thumelicus (born AD 15; died before AD 47, probably in 30 or 31) was the only son of the Cherusci leader Arminius and his wife Thusnelda, daughter of the pro-Roman tribal leader Segestes.

16 AD battle between the Roman general Germanicus and an alliance of Germanic tribes commanded by Arminius

inconclusive battle in Germania between the Romans and Germanic tribes

painting by Caspar David Friedrich