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Object Metadata
| Related Conflict : | Germanicus' Germanic Wars, Battle of the Angrivarian Wall |
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Germanicus Iulius Caesar Origin: Roman Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: attack, Direct Consequence: victory
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Roman Army of Tiberius Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: attack, Direct Consequence: victory
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| Victim (Person) : |
Arminius Origin: Cherusci Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: other, Direct Consequence: defeat
Inguiomerus Origin: Cherusci Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: fight back, Direct Consequence: defeat
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Origin: Germanic Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: fight back, Direct Consequence: losses
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| Level : | intersocial |
| Source : | Cornelius Tacitus, Annals 2.20-21Cornelius Tacitus Annals 2.20-21 Paste CTS-Link |
| Time Periode : | Roman Empire |
| Century : | A.D. 1 |
| Year : | A.D. 16 |
| Speed : | Slow |
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| Context : | war/military campaign
battle |
| Motivation : | tactical/strategical |
| Application : | stabbing
cutting |
| Weapon : | sword
spear
lance |
| Long-Term Consequence : | battle
victory |
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| Original Text : | primus Caesar cum praetoriis cohortibus capto vallo dedit impetum in silvas; conlato illic gradu certatum. hostem a tergo palus, Romanos flumen aut montes claudebant: utrisque necessitas in loco, spes in virtute, salus ex victoria. Nec minor Germanis animus, sed genere pugnae et armorum superabantur, cum ingens multitudo artis locis praelongas hastas non protenderet, non colligeret, neque adsultibus et velocitate corporum uteretur, coacta stabile ad proelium; contra miles, cui scutum pectori adpressum et insidens capulo manus, latos barbarorum artus, nuda ora foderet viamque strage hostium aperiret, inprompto iam Arminio ob continua pericula, sive illum recens acceptum vulnus tardaverat. quin et Inguiomerum, tota volitantem acie, fortuna magis quam virtus deserebat. |
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| Translation : | Caesar with some prætorian cohorts was the first, after the storming of the ramparts, to dash into the woods. There they fought at close quarters. A morass was in the enemy's rear, and the Romans were hemmed in by the river or by the hills. Both were in a desperate plight from their position; valour was their only hope, victory their only safety. The Germans were equally brave, but they were beaten by the nature of the fighting and of the weapons, for their vast host in so confined a space could neither thrust out nor recover their immense lances, or avail themselves of their nimble movements and lithe frames, forced as they were to a close engagement. Our soldiers, on the other hand, with their shields pressed to their breasts, and their hands grasping their sword-hilts, struck at the huge limbs and exposed faces of the barbarians, cutting a passage through the slaughtered enemy, for Arminius was now less active, either from incessant perils, or because he was partially disabled by his recent wound. As for Inguiomerus, who flew hither and thither over the battle-field, it was fortune rather than courage which forsook him. |
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| Edition : | Annales ab excessu divi Augusti. Cornelius Tacitus. Charles Dennis Fisher. Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1906.
Complete Works of Tacitus. Tacitus. Alfred John Church. William Jackson Brodribb. Sara Bryant. edited for Perseus. New York. : Random House, Inc. Random House, Inc. reprinted 1942. |
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| Remark : | victim: For the injury previously sustained by Arminius, refer to: "Arminius is injured in battle with the army of Germanicus, but continues fighting." (Tac. Ann. 2.17). |
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| Last changed : | 2024-03-23 : 11:51:19 |
| MyCoRe ID : | Antiquity_violence_00014289 |
| Static URL : | https://www.ancientviolence.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00014289 |
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