Ariovistus

[ar-ee-oh-vis-tuhs]

noun

1. flourished c71–58 b.c., Germanic leader of the Suevi.

Example Sentences

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.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

Lastly, let us take the name of the German king, Ariovistus, brought before us by Cæsar.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

Among these we may mention the campaign of his first year of office, 58 B.C., against the German king Ariovistus, who led the movement in Alsace, and that of 55 B.C. in which he expelled the Usipetes and Tencteri who had crossed the lower Rhine.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

To the south The German tribes. of the Treveri lay the Mediomatrici, and to the west of them lay the important tribe of the Sequani, who had called in Ariovistus.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

This hesitation seemed remarkable, until it was explained by some prisoners, captured in a skirmish, who stated that the German priestesses had prophesied misfortune to Ariovistus, if he should fight before the new moon.

Read more on Project Gutenberg