. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. gered, felt more acutelythe wrongs done to hiscoiuitrj-men. He calledtogether the principalchiefs of the • Catti,Cherusci, Marsi, andBructeri, and in se-cret meetings arrangedwith them the plan ofa general vain did Segesteswarn Varus. Have usarrested, he said; -andwithout us the peoplewill dare to attemptnothing. Later you .,, , il i il GERMAN, CALLED ARMINIUS.^ Will learn the truth. Varus still was confident. Meanwhile news was brought him thata remote tribe had revolted. It was a sna
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. gered, felt more acutelythe wrongs done to hiscoiuitrj-men. He calledtogether the principalchiefs of the • Catti,Cherusci, Marsi, andBructeri, and in se-cret meetings arrangedwith them the plan ofa general vain did Segesteswarn Varus. Have usarrested, he said; -andwithout us the peoplewill dare to attemptnothing. Later you .,, , il i il GERMAN, CALLED ARMINIUS.^ Will learn the truth. Varus still was confident. Meanwhile news was brought him thata remote tribe had revolted. It was a snare to draw him out ofhis camp and far away from his fortified positions. The chiefswho were about him offered to guide his march. They led himastray ; and then, making their escape mider the pretext of goingto seek aid for him among their own people, they placed them-selves at the head of the approaching bands. A son of Segestes,although a priest of Rome and of Augustus at the altar of theUbii, joined his brothers in the revolt. Embarrassed with an enormous quantity of baggage, the three. 1 Museum of the Capitol (L. Stracke, np. cit., p. 49). 270 AUGUSTUS, OK THE FOUNDATION OF THE legions were advancing with difficulty in a long line through dense,damp forests, without taking any precautions and as if in the midstof peace. Suddenly some bands of Barbarians appeared ; then theirnumber increased, till the forest seemed alive with them, and tliearmy was entirely surrounded. Varus, however, was able to gainthe open country, where he encamped, and the following day hedestroyed his baggage and made a desperate effort to reach thefortress of Aliso. His road lay through the valleys of the SaltusTeutoburgiensis, between the headwaters of the Ems and theLippe, and across the marshy lands which lay below. ^Makingtheir way through these difficult paths, harassed incessantly bythe Germans all along the line, the confused crowd of infantryand cavalry struggled on, leaving behind t
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