ARIOVISTUS

ârˌēōvĭsˈtəs, fl. 58 b.c., Germanic chieftain, leader of the Suebi. He crossed the Rhine c.71 b.c., defeated the Aedui, and came to dominate much of Gaul (see Gallic Wars). In 60 b.c. he was made a friend and ally of Rome, but his power threatened the Romans in Gaul, and Julius Caesar, soon after winning the great victory of Bibracte over the Helvetii, undertook a campaign against him. Caesar defeated Ariovistus somewhere in Upper Alsace in 58 b.c.

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The Great Battles of Antiquity: A Strategic and Tactical Guide to Great Battles That Shaped the Development of War
Book by Richard A. Gabriel, Donald W. Boose Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Battles, Military History, Ancient, Strategy
...emerged victorious. Campaign against Ariovistus 58 B.C. No sooner had Caesar dealt...Germanic incursion under the leadership of Ariovistus. Representatives from a number of tribes...earlier. Caesar requested a meeting with Ariovistus, who advised Caesar to stay out of...
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Celts and the Classical World
Book by David Rankin; Routledge, 1996
Subjects: Celts, Celts--Public Opinion, Public Opinion--Greece, Public Opinion--Rome
He had now to meet the challenge of Ariovistus ambition. Ariovistus and his warriors were thrust back over the Rhine. From our point of view, his portrait of Ariovistus in his Commentaries holds particular interest. Caesar...
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Caesar: A Biography
Book by Gérard Walter, Emma Craufurd, Therese Pol; Charles Scribners Sons, 1952
Subjects: Caesar, Julius, Emperors--Rome--Biography
...comment full of common sense: "if he, Ariovistus, had had something to ask of Caesar...be treated like another Divitiacus, Ariovistus added in conclusion "that he did not...about his own reactions to the reply of Ariovistus. Dion Cassius tells us that he was...
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Talking Power: The Politics of Language in Our Lives
Book by Robin Tolmach Lakoff; Basic Books, 1990
Subjects: Language And Languages--Political Aspects
...clearest revelation of that larger goal. Ariovistus, for Caesar, was nothing short of...We must remember that the Caesar-Ariovistus encounter is reported by only one of...know proto-Germanic. On his side, Ariovistus, at least from the evidence before...
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Caesar in Gaul and Rome: War in Words
Book by Andrew M. Riggsby; University of Texas Press, 2006
Subjects: Caesar, Julius--Military Leadership, Caesar, Julius--Political Activity, Gaul--History--Gallic Wars, 58-51 B.C--Political Aspects, Rome--History, Military--265-30 B.C
...and particularly Caesars exchange with Ariovistus in Book 1. The crucial issue, however...more urgently by Caesars debate with Ariovistus. The two meet on a hill between the two armies at Ariovistus request before battle is to take place...
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Historical Implications of a Romanian Lexical Family of Old Germanic Origin
Journal article by Adrian Poruciuc; Mankind Quarterly, Vol. 48, 2008
Subjects: Languages
...conquer Gaul already had a supreme military "officer," Ariovistus, whom later historians were to consider as "the first rex...king of the Germans" (Wolfram 1995: 29). No doubt, Ariovistus stood for an important step towards a new kind of rex, a...
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Linguistic-historical Implications of an Old Germanic Loan - Romanian Gard 'fence, Enclosure, Weir, Garden'
Journal article by Adrian Poruciuc; Mankind Quarterly, Vol. 50, 2009
Subjects: Dictionaries, Fences, Linguistics
...populations lived in their native lands. Even in a case of direct contact such as the one between Julius Caesars legions and Ariovistus Suebic warriors (midfirst century BC), the Romans could get mainly indirect information about the domestic life of their...
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Hans Delbruck and Modern Military History
Journal article by Arden Bucholz; The Historian, Vol. 55, 1993
Subjects: Delbruck, Hans--Philosophy, Military history--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...brought changes in strategic philosophy. As he later wrote in the History of the Art of War, Caesar did not triumph over Ariovistus or Vercingetorix but rather Roman civilization won over German civilization, culture triumphed over barbarism.... Not...


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encyclopedia articles on: Ariovistus  - 3 results

 
 
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Ariovistus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ARIOVISTUS ar eovis t s, fl. 58 b.c., Germanic chieftain, leader of the Suebi...over the Helvetii, undertook a campaign against him. Caesar defeated Ariovistus somewhere in Upper Alsace in 58 b.c...
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Aedui
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...or Haedui he dyooi, Gallic people, occupying in the 1st cent. b.c. a part of what later became Burgundy. Defeated by Ariovistus and at odds with their Gallic neighbors, they were allies of the Romans. The Aedui at first aided Julius Caesar in the Gallic...
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Gallic Wars
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and pursued them to Bibracte , where he defeated them. In the same year the Aedui asked Caesars help against the German Ariovistus , whom Caesar routed. In 57 b.c., Caesar pacified Belgica (roughly Belgium). In the winter of the same year an anti...


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