Germanic Cherusci Discussion

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The Cherusci inhabited parts of the plains and forests of northwestern Germany in the area of the Weser River and present-day Hannover. Famous chieftain Arminius led the Germanic tribes to victory at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD - destroying 3 entire Roman legions under command of Publius Quinctilius Varus in what is considered one of Romes greatest defeats. This prevented Romanization of Germanic peoples east of the Rhine and was a turning point in history - Germanic peoples would fight Rome for 700 years. Arminius was taken by the Romans as a child, taught latin and Romanized. Despite his Roman upbringing and member of the Equite class, he was not able to turn a blind eye to the suffering of his people. Eventually the Germanic Chatti tribe conquered the Cherusci in 88 AD and the Cherusci began to disappear from records as they were absorbed into later Germanic populations such as the Saxons, Thuringians, Franks, Bavarians and Alemanni.