Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 1 . oppression had become intol-erable. Quintilius Varus, a rapacious man, was then the Roman governor inGermany. He had held office in Syria, where he had ruled with great harshness;and fancying that he might act in the same way toward the fierce tribes of theNorth, he roused among them a bitter hatred of the Romans. They found in Hermann a leader of extraordinary bravery and resource. Helaid his plans with the chiefs of the Catti, Bructeri, and oth
Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 1 . oppression had become intol-erable. Quintilius Varus, a rapacious man, was then the Roman governor inGermany. He had held office in Syria, where he had ruled with great harshness;and fancying that he might act in the same way toward the fierce tribes of theNorth, he roused among them a bitter hatred of the Romans. They found in Hermann a leader of extraordinary bravery and resource. Helaid his plans with the chiefs of the Catti, Bructeri, and other tribes that livedbetween the Rhine and the Albis (Elbe), some of which broke out into insurrec-tion. Hermann then offered Varus his assistance in reducing them to subjection,and thus led him to advance some distance from the Rhine into the began his march with three legions, six cohorts, and a body of cavalry,and Hermann served him as a guide through the wilds. The Romans were thusdrawn into an ambuscade in the Teutoburg forest, and found themselves all atonce surrounded by numerous bodies of Germans, who were directed by Her.
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