The early lives of the real Arminius and Marbod followed similar trajectories, insofar as they were both Germanic princes ripped from their tribes and families as tributes to be raised and educated in ...

In 9 AD, Rome walked blindly into disaster when Publius Quinctilius Varus trusted his German-born officer, Arminius—never realizing he was orchestrating a massive tribal uprising. Arminius lured Varus ...

Arminius depicted in a late nineteenth century painting by Johannes Gehrts. Lippisches Landesmuseum via Wikimedia Common Unfortunately for Varus and Rome, Arminius was not as loyal as they had assumed ...

I just finished reading the latest issue of Les Aigles de Rome (The Eagles of Rome) a comic by the splendid Swiss artist Enrico Marini that tells the story of Arminius. Ring a bell? He was the German ...

The story told by Netflix’s Barbarians – the Germanic tribes rising up to take a sizeable chunk out of the invading Roman Empire in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest, also known as the Varian Disaster – ...

Archaeologists have launched a new drive to explore an ancient Germanic-Roman battlefield. Nationalists spun the carnage into a myth about Germany's birth - fake news that has persisted to this day.

Born c. 19 BC Died c. 19 AD Enemy of Rome: War chief of the Cherusci,who led Germanic resistance to the Roman advance beyond the Elbe. Destroyed Varus and three roman legions in an ambush at the ...