The Cherusci (Latin Cherusci) are a powerful Germanic nation at the time of ancient Rome, established in the Weser region (between the Elbe and the Teutoburg Forest). Mentioned by Caesar and submitted to the Romans in the year 12 BC. BC, they rose up at the call of Arminius, they destroyed three Rom
The Chats (Latin chatti) are an ancient Germanic people, who were settled at the beginning of the Christian era in the region of the upper course of the Weser and the Eder. They will give birth to the current Hesse (Hattes or Hesse) and Franconia above the Main. They were formidable infantrymen. The
The Chamaves are a people of Germania previously established in present-day Hamaland between the Lippe and the Yssel, they occupied the lowlands of Holland, north of the Rhine, in the 4th century. Their real name would be Hamaves, the Romans often adding a C in front of the H. The word ham would co
The Batavians are Germans established between the two arms of the mouth of the Rhine (insula Batavorum, currently the island of Betuwe). Excavations have revealed a small village of 6 to 12 houses which probably lived from agriculture. This village had stables. A Batavian center was also found on th
The Alamans or Alémans (German:alle manner, all men) were a group of Germanic tribes established first on the middle and lower course of the Elbe and then along the Main where they were first mentioned by Dion Cassius in 213. These peoples had in common to compete with the Franks (germ. Frank, Free)
Wulfila (or Ulfila, often spelled Ulfilas, born c. 311 - † c. 383) was of Greek, more precisely Cappadocian, origin. His grandparents, Hellenized Cappadocians, bore the brunt of the Gothic raids into Asia Minor at the end of the 3rd century and Wulfila was born in their kingdom, on the shores of th
Genséric or Geiseric (in Germania, around 389 - Carthage, Africa, in present-day Tunisia , January 25, 477) was king of the Vandals and Alans (Rex Wandalorum Et Alanorum) from 427 to 477. Illegitimate son of Godégisel, vandal king of the Hasdings tribe and a concubine of Alan origin, Habbra. Bonifa
Arminius is a Latinized variant of the Germanic name Irmin which means “great” (cf. Herminones). The name Hermann (meaning armyman or warrior) was not used as the German equivalent of Arminius until many centuries later, perhaps at the instigation of Luther who wanted to use an ancient and heroic ch
Ariovistus was the leader of the Germanic people of the Suevi, as described by Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars. In 75 BC. BC, the Germans finally arrived under the command of Ariovistus in the vicinity of Mogontiacum, where they crossed the Rhine towards Gaul. In 61 BC, at the call of their Sequan
Alaric II was a Visigoth king of Hispania from 484 to 507; he belonged to the royal gothic and sacred dynasty of the Balthians. Son and successor of King Euric in 484, he improved the administrative organization of the Visigoth kingdom and in 506, he promulgated a code of laws for his Gallo-Roman s
The heritage of the Vandals is traditionally judged to be of rather low importance. Apart from a few place names (Vandalusia would have become Andalusia, through the Arabic Al Andalus), it is especially in modern vocabulary that their heritage is most evident. In many languages, in fact, the qualif
At the beginning of the 5th century, the Huns chased the Vandals and their Sarmatian allies from their territories. The Hasdings of King Godégisel and the Sillings of Frédébal then join the Suevi or Swabians, and the Alans and move towards the upper course of the Rhine. Maintained for a time on the
The origin of the Vandals is certainly Scandinavian. The Sillings are said to have originated from northern Jutland, while the Hasdings from the Gulf of Oslo, which they leave for Jutland as well:they are mentioned for the first time by Tacitus. Between the 1st and 3rd centuries, they were establis
The Visigoths (in German Westgoten, or West Goths, or Tervinges) were a Germanic people of Scandinavian origin, from southern Sweden and later incorporated into the Roman West. After the official fall of the Western Roman Empire (476), the Visigoths continued for almost 250 years to play an importan
The Ostrogoths were one of the two factions of the Goths, a Germanic people who came from the confines of the Baltic and settled in the 4th century in Ukraine and southern Russia, north of the Black Sea - the other faction being that of the Visigoths. They played a considerable role in the events of
The Goths were Germanic peoples, according to their own traditions originating in Scandinavia, see Goths of Scandinavia. They may have come from the island of Gotland. But they could also come from Götaland in southern Sweden or from the north of present-day Poland. At the beginning of our era they
According to Pausanias (in Book III of his Description of Greece), Laconias first king was a man named Lelex. His son (or grandson according to the authors) Eurotas drains the marshy plain and gives his name to the river that flows from it. Having no male heir, he left his kingdom to Lacedaemon, son
Roman domination Roman domination relegates Sparta to second place. Without military or political ambition, she then concentrated on what made her special, Spartan education. This one is harder, attracting tourists, eager for violent and strange rituals. Thus, ritual fights were traditionally dispu
Sparta entered the Peloponnesian War under the banner of freedom and city-state autonomy, threatened by Athenian imperialism. But, after defeating it, it does the same:it imposes a tribute, governments under its supervision, even garrisons. As early as 413, Thucydides describes it as the power which
As soon as the Greco-Persian Wars ended, Sparta worried about the growing power of Athens, crowned by its victories against the Persians. Driven by Aegina and Corinth, it forbids the city to rebuild its walls, destroyed by the Persians. This does not prevent Athens from leaving the Pan-Hellenic Leag
At the end of the Second World War, Europe was at the end of its rope:the destruction was enormous, the infrastructures were in ruins, the lines of communication were destroyed. Despite the peace, people still live in conditions as difficult as during the war, food restrictions are still present, fo
The Japanese garrison, obeying orders, had not fired during the landing; Only 5 amphibious tractors were put out of action among the first waves. Taking advantage of the assault being checked by the terrace and the creeping barrage moving away from the Marines. the Japanese closest to the beach bega
From September 1942 to October 1943, when the staggered withdrawal of the Spanish contingent begins, there was a Mobile or Circulating Library service for the troops, in the Blue Division . The Campaign Sheet , a successful newspaper among divisionalists, published catalogues, lists of book donation
Bernard Dupérier, born June 13, 1907 and died June 8, 1995, was a French aviator of the Second World War. Prominent member of the Free French Air Force, Bernard Dupérier joins England in March 1941 after passing through the United States. Appointed captain, he was assigned on May 27, 1941 to No. 242