Ariovistus

American  

[ar-ee-oh-vis-tuhs] / ˌær i oʊˈvɪs təs /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

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

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.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard

He had defeated the Helvetians and driven Ariovistus out of the country.

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony

The allies of the latter, the Sequani, called to their assistance a chief of the German Suevi, whose name, as we have it through C�sar, was Ariovistus.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard