Ariovistus
Americannoun
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Bellum Sequanicum, probably an epic on Caesar’s war with Ariovistus in B.C.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
Chnodomar was taken prisoner, and only a few of his troops escaped, like those of Ariovistus, 400 years before, by swimming across the Rhine.
From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard
Ariovistus all this time kept his army in camp, but engaged daily in cavalry skirmishes.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley
In 60 B.C. the German king Ariovistus had defeated the Aedui, who were allies of Rome, and had wrested from the Sequani a large portion of their territory.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
Many tribes then asked his aid against Ariovistus, a German chief who came from across the river Rhine and with his yellow haired followers, clad in the skins of animals, was plundering the Gaulish province.
From A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. by Edwards, Clayton
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