 A view of the country around Minden, part of ancient Engern The Angrivarii were a Germanic tribe of the early Roman Empire mentioned briefly in Ptolemy as the Angriouarroi (Ptolemy's Greek given in Roman letters here), which transliterates into Latin Angrivari. They are believed to be the source of the 8th century identity, Angrarii, which was one of three subdivisions of Saxony (the others were Westfalahi and Ostfalahi). The name appears earliest in the Annales and Germania of Tacitus as Angrivarii. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 108 KB) Beschreibung Ein Blick ins Mindener Land selbst fotografiert vom Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal aus Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Angrivarii Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 108 KB) Beschreibung Ein Blick ins Mindener Land selbst fotografiert vom Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal aus Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Angrivarii Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner...
Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek: ; c. ...
The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stata Sakska) is at a land area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ...
Westphalia (German: Westfalen) is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Münster, Bielefeld, and Osnabrück and included in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. ...
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The Annales School is a school of historical writing named after the French scholarly journal Annales dhistoire économique et sociale (later called Annales. ...
In the Roman era Germania was the Latin name for a geographical area that stretched from the west bank of the Rhine to a vaguely-defined eastern frontier with the forest and steppe regions of modern Russia and Ukraine. ...
Gaius Cornelius Tacitus Publius (or: Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c. ...
In post-classical times the name of the people had a number of different spellings in addition to the ones just mentioned: Angarii, Aggeri, Aggerimenses, Angerienses, Angri, Angeri. They lived in a district called Angria, Angaria, Angeriensis, Aggerimensis and Engaria.
The last district name cited above gives their identity away. Quite simply, they lived in Engern, a region west of the Weser River not far from Teutoburg Forest, and also (probably by extension) in Angeron of Münster. Ancient Engern was a much larger district than today's community, comprising most of the country surrounding the middle Weser, including both flat land, as around Minden, and low hills (Holtzminden). It became part of today's Westphalia. Weser watershed Orthographic projection centred over Bremen The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. ...
View over the Teutoburg Forest The Teutoburg Forest (German: Teutoburger Wald) is a range of low, forested mountains in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, which was believed to be the environ of a decisive battle in AD 9. ...
Town Hall in the Prinzipalmarkt Münster: the Prinzipalmarkt St Pauls Cathedral, Münster Münster is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...
Weser watershed The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. ...
Minden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...
Westphalia (German: Westfalen) is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Münster, Bielefeld, and Osnabrück and included in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. ...
The name
 Upland meadow in Wiehengebirge, part of ancient Engern. Angrivarii is segmented Angri-varii and means "the men of Engern", parallel to Ampsi-varii, "the men of the Ems." For the first segment, Julius Pokorny gives the most sweeping view, deriving it from an Indo-European root, *ank-, "to bend, bow", from which Old High German Angar, German Anger, "meadow, pasture." Most accept the meadow connection, even though it is not Low German, but many do not accept the "bend" connection. If true, the meadow sense is most likely to be a valley meadow or undulating country. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 403 KB) Wiehengebirge im Nebel selbst aufgenommen File links The following pages link to this file: Angrivarii ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 403 KB) Wiehengebirge im Nebel selbst aufgenommen File links The following pages link to this file: Angrivarii ...
Julius Pokorny (1887–1970) was born in Prague and studied at Vienna university. ...
Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies Indo-European is originally a linguistic term, referring to the Indo-European language family. ...
The term Old High German (OHG, German: Althochdeutsch) refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. ...
Low German (also called Plattdeutsch, Plattdüütsch or Low Saxon) is a name for the regional language varieties of the Low Germanic languages spoken mainly in northern Germany, southern Denmark and eastern Netherlands. ...
The second segment is from Indo-European *wiro-, "man".
Ancient history
 Statue of Arminius. This is an idealization; no real likeness of him exists. Although the Angrivarii receive brief mention in Ptolemy (2.10) and the Germania of Tacitus (33), they appear mainly at several locations in Annales. They were involved marginally in the wars fought by the talented Germanicus Caesar on behalf of his uncle Tiberius, emperor of Rome, against the perpetrators of the massacre of three Roman legions in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest, the year 9. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1624 KB) Monument of Hermann in Teutoburg Forest, Germany taken by Arminia Farbkorrektur von Image:Herrmann-von-Vorne. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1624 KB) Monument of Hermann in Teutoburg Forest, Germany taken by Arminia Farbkorrektur von Image:Herrmann-von-Vorne. ...
Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek: ; c. ...
In the Roman era Germania was the Latin name for a geographical area that stretched from the west bank of the Rhine to a vaguely-defined eastern frontier with the forest and steppe regions of modern Russia and Ukraine. ...
Gaius Cornelius Tacitus Publius (or: Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c. ...
The Annales School is a school of historical writing named after the French scholarly journal Annales dhistoire économique et sociale (later called Annales. ...
Bust of Germanicus in the Louvre Germanicus Julius Caesar Claudianus, possibly Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus before adoption (15 BC–AD 19) was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of the early Roman Empire. ...
Tiberius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero (November 16, 42 BC – March 16 AD 37), was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37. ...
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest Conflict Roman-Germanic wars Date 9 Place Teutoburg Forest Result German victory In the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (AD 9) an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius (also known in German as Hermann), the son of Segimerus of the Cherusci, ambushed and wiped...
The wars began in the last years of the reign of Augustus, first emperor of Rome. Augustus died an old but respected man in the year 14 and was celebrated with much pomp and splendor. He left a document to be read to the senate posthumously, expressly forbidding extension of the empire beyond the Rhine. The Germans were encouraged by news of this testament to think they had a free hand in the region. Germanicus found it necessary to pacify the border, which he did by a combination of stick and carrot, the former being expeditions to devastate, and the latter being alliance with favors from Rome. Augustus (Latin:IMPERATOR CAESAR DIVI FILIVS AVGVSTVS[1]; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), known to modern historians as Octavian in English for the period of his life prior to 27 BC, was the first and one of the most important of the Roman Emperors, though he downplayed...
Loreley At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein, Italian: Reno) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ...
Germanicus had other reasons as well. The army of lower Germany had mutinied at the death of Augustus following a similar mutiny in Pannonia. Concessions were made, mutineers were executed, and soldiers won over by some of the world's best oratory. However, Germanicus knew he had to keep the soldiers busy, which he did by attacking the early Franks. Germanicus - bust in the Louvre, Paris Image by ChrisO File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Germanicus - bust in the Louvre, Paris Image by ChrisO File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
For punitive expeditons Germanicus used the Ems river, which flowed from the heart of the country occupied by the tribes that became the Franks. These were still under Arminius, the hero (or villain) of the great battle of 9. His native tribe was the Cherusci. These early Franks were indomitable, unforgiving and ruthless. Nearby were tribes that later came under the Saxons, such as the Angrivarii. Their status was somewhat equivocal. EMS may stand for: Organizations Eastern Mountain Sports, an outdoor retailer Edinburgh Mathematical Society Electronic Music Studios (London) Ltd, manufacturers of synthesisers European Monetary System, 1979 European Mathematical Society Environmental Middle School Engineering Music Society, Melbourne University Science and Engineering Physics and Chemistry Electromagnetic spectrum Ethyl methanesulfonate (or methanesulfonic acid...
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The Hermannsdenkmal Arminius (16 BC-AD 21), in Germany also frequently called Hermann der Cherusker, was a war chief of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci. ...
The Cherusci were a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Rhine valley and the plains and forests of northwestern Germany (between near modern Osnabrück and Hanover) during the 1st century BCE and 1st century CE. They were first allies and then enemies of Rome. ...
The Saxons or Saxon people are part of the German people with its main areas of settlements in the German Federal States of Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and the northern part of North-Rhine-Westphalia. ...
In Annales ii.8 we read of the "revolt" (defectio) of the Angrivarii in the middle of operations conducted against Teutoburg Forest again. A revolt imples a former alliance. Germanicus must have taken pains to secure the non-participation of the future Saxons. In any case he was ready. Cavalry was sent to the rear to bring fire and sword to the hapless Angrivarii, who capitulated almost immediately.
In ii.19 the Angrivarii again supported the Cherusci against the Romans, setting an ambush at the Cheruscan border, which was a a high dirt embankment. They hid their cavalry in the woods and stationed their infantry on the reverse slope of the bank. The Romans had intelligence of the plan beforehand. They assaulted the embankment, preceding their assault with volleys from slings and spears thrown by machines. Driving the Angrivarii from the bank, they went on to pursue the cavalry in the woods. Once again the Angrivarii were totally routed.
In ii.22, Germanicus finished his business with the Cherusci and turned with the intent of annihilating the treacherous Angrivarii. They, however, surrendered unconditionally to the general sent by Germanicus and placed themselves in the status of suppliants, begging for mercy. The noble Germanicus could not resist the gesture and forgave them totally.
He did not regret it, according to ii.24. Shortly a storm in the North Sea scattered the departing Roman fleet. Many ships were cast up on the shores of undefeated tribes. The Angrivarii played a major role in securing the return of ships and men.
Finally, on May 26, the year 16, Germanicus celebrated a triumph for his victory over lower Germany and his uncle sent him off to the east (ii.41). Arminius died. The Germanics of west Germany began a love affair with Rome, providing it with elite troops and urban and palace police. The Saxons, named for the short swords carried by their officers, were a vital part of this effort. Among them were the men of Engern.
See also List of Germanic peoples and tribes Ancient Adogit, Adrabaecampi, Aeragnaricii, Ahelmil, Alamanni, Ambrones, Ampsivarii, Angles, Angrivarii, Arochi, Augandzi, Avarpi, Aviones Baemi, Banochaemae, Batavii or Batavi, Batini, Bavarii, Bergio, Brisgavi, Brondings, Bructeri, Burgundiones, Buri (Germanic tribe) Calucones, Canninefates, Caritni, Chaedini, Chaemae, Chali, Chamavi, Charudes, Chasuarii, Chattuarii, Chauci, Cherusci, Chatti, Cimbri, Cobandi...
The Saxons or Saxon people are part of the German people with its main areas of settlements in the German Federal States of Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and the northern part of North-Rhine-Westphalia. ...
Westphalia (German: Westfalen) is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Münster, Bielefeld, and Osnabrück and included in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. ...
Bust of Germanicus in the Louvre Germanicus Julius Caesar Claudianus, possibly Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus before adoption (15 BC–AD October 10, 19) was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of the early Roman Empire. ...
The Hermannsdenkmal Arminius (16 BC-AD 21), in Germany also frequently called Hermann der Cherusker, was a war chief of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci. ...
Combatants Germanic tribes (Cherusci, Marsi, Chatti, and Bructeri) Roman Empire Commanders Arminius Publius Quinctilius Varus †Strength Unknown, but probably 18,000 3 Roman legions, 3 alae and 6 auxiliary cohorts, probably 24,000 Casualties Unknown, maybe 7,000 About 23,000 In the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (Teutoburger Wald...
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