Identifier: greatestnations03elli (find matches)
Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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Germany—Hermann Defeats Varus 509 their respect, and even their reluctant admiration, but Varus, by his cruelty andinjustice, roused their fiercest hatred. Trodden upon and bitterly humiliated, they needed only the guidance of aleader, who would show them how to make their vengeance felt. Such a leaderappeared in Hermann, the Arminius of the Roman writers. He was a chief ofthe Cherusci tribe, but had been trained in warfare under the Romans. Hehad visited many parts of the empire and risen to be commander of a legion inthe service. Returning to his German home, already a man of note, thoughonly twenty-five years old, he made a romantic match with Thusnelda, daughterof another Cheruscan chief. There seems to have been some enmity betweenthe two families, for Hermann had to steal the maid from her home, and herfather, Segestes, became his bitter and lifelong foe. How it was Hermann first conceived the idea of heading his countrymen intheir threatened revolt, we do not know; but he for

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