. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. rods,smitten with the axe,—him whom gods alone couldsmite ! For smaller of-fences there were endlesspleadings. In vain theBarbarian offered to de-cide it all by an oath ;Varus would have inves-tigations, witnesses, dis-cussion of facts and pointsof law. Need we wonderthat at the contact ofthese two social systemsthe Roman genius andthe Barbarian genius feltthemselves hostile to eachother forever? Hissnow, viper ! cried the_ victorious German to thecaptive lawyers after liav-ing cut out their tonguesa
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. rods,smitten with the axe,—him whom gods alone couldsmite ! For smaller of-fences there were endlesspleadings. In vain theBarbarian offered to de-cide it all by an oath ;Varus would have inves-tigations, witnesses, dis-cussion of facts and pointsof law. Need we wonderthat at the contact ofthese two social systemsthe Roman genius andthe Barbarian genius feltthemselves hostile to eachother forever? Hissnow, viper ! cried the_ victorious German to thecaptive lawyers after liav-ing cut out their tonguesand sewed up their mouths. Hatred so ferocious as this showsus where the revolt had its origin. The German nobles put themselves at the head of the move-ment, and a young chief of the Cherusci, Arminius,^ son of Sigimer, Upon this j)rocc(liii(^ sec (iriiiiin, Deulsrlie Jiic/ilmillirlliUiiicr ; liiil, 1 fear it is ofconii)ar;itively recent epoch. IMuscum of Florence (L. Stracke, op. cil. p. 51 ). [The favorite German iilentilication of this name with Hermann is very doubtful. — Ki>.j. N
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