Ariovistus
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Thither Ariovistus sent light troops, about sixteen thousand men in number, with all his cavalry; which forces were to intimidate our men and hinder them in their fortification.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Charles Dudley Warner
But though there had been room for such stratagem against savage and unskilled men, not even Ariovistus himself expected that thereby our armies could be entrapped.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Charles Dudley Warner
He next advanced against Ariovistus and his Germans, who were ravaging with fire and sword the eastern portions of Gaul: these he likewise totally routed—thus delivering the inhabitants from a withering scourge.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various
About 70 B. C. conditions in Gallia comata had been disturbed by an invasion of Germanic Suevi, from across the Rhine, under their King Ariovistus.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
And Arfast is a present name among the Frisians, according to Outzen, who compares it—rightly, as it seems to me—with the old name Ariovistus.
From Surnames as a Science by Robert Ferguson
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