Documents for "Ancient History, Northern Europe: Biographies":

• Ambiorix fl. 54 BC, Gallic chieftain of the Eburones (in what is now central Belgium). He had been favorably treated by the Romans, but he joined another tribe in attacking Julius Caesar's legates. When he...

• Ariovistus fl. 58 BC, Germanic chieftain, leader of the Suebi. He crossed the Rhine c.71 BC, defeated the Aedui , and came to dominate much of Gaul (see Gallic Wars ). In 60 BC 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...

• Arminius d. AD 21, leader of the Germans, called Hermann in modern German. He was a chief of the Cherusci (in an area of present-day Hanover) when the Romans were pushing east from the Rhine toward the...

• Brennus fl. c.389 BC, legendary Gallic leader. He occupied Rome but failed to take the Capitol from Manlius (Marcus Manlius Capitolinus). According to legend, when the tribute that the Romans had agreed to...

• Brennus d. 279 BC, Gallic leader. He was in command of the band of Gauls (or Galatians) who invaded Greece in 279 BC At first halted at Thermopylae, he later turned and took the pass into Doris. He was...

• Hermann d. AD 21: see Arminius.

• Odovacar see Odoacer.

• Tiridates d. 211 BC, king of Parthia (c.248-211 BC), 2d ruler of the Arsacid dynasty (see under Arsaces ). He absorbed Hyrcania and, with the ruler of Bactria, successfully resisted the attacks of Seleucus II...