. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. o Rome as a hostage,he was there educated, served in theRoman army and for his valor wasraised to citizenship and knighted. Buthis attachment to his native country in-duced him to revolt and he became one ARMINIUS 261 ARMOR of the most powerful leaders of the dis-contented German nations. He drewVarus, the Roman commander on theRhine, into that ambuscade in which heand nearly all his troops were slain,and completely baffled Germanicus; but,after having for years withstoo
. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. o Rome as a hostage,he was there educated, served in theRoman army and for his valor wasraised to citizenship and knighted. Buthis attachment to his native country in-duced him to revolt and he became one ARMINIUS 261 ARMOR of the most powerful leaders of the dis-contented German nations. He drewVarus, the Roman commander on theRhine, into that ambuscade in which heand nearly all his troops were slain,and completely baffled Germanicus; but,after having for years withstood the vastpower of Rome, Arminius was assassi-nated by one of his own countrymen, inthe 37th year of his age, A. D. 19. tween two countries, the latter, limitedto particular places, as between twoarmies or between a besieged fortressand its assailants. The former ordina-rily requires ratification, but the latteris in the power of the commanders ofthe respective troops. See World War. ARMOR, a word formerly applied toall such contrivances as served to defend HEAVY BLACK LlNef§afiiTTLE LINE ONARMI5TIC£ DA^NOV. II. I^18. THE BATTLE LINE ON ARMISTICE DAY, NOV. 11, 1918. ARMINIUS, JACOBUS, a Protestantdivine, born at Oudewater, Holland, 1560,founder of the sect of the Arminians. Inhis public and private life Arminius hasbeen admired for his moderation. A lifeof perpetual labor and vexation of mindshortened his days and he died in 1609. ARMISTICE, the term given to a truceor suspension of hostilities between twoarmies or nations at war, by mutual con-sent. It sometimes occurs owing to theexhaustion of both parties; at othertimes it is had recourse to with a viewto arrange terms of peace. It may beeither general or partial; the former, be- the body from wounds or to annoy theenemy. Hence it was divided into twokinds, defensive and offensive. A com-plete suit of defensive armor ancientlyconsisted of a casque or helm, a gorget,cuirass, gauntlets, tasses, brassets,cuishes and covers fo
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