Chariomerus (fl.
1st century
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) is the last recorded
chieftain of the
Germanic Cherusci
The Cherusci were a Germanic tribe that inhabited parts of the plains and forests of northwestern Germany in the area of the Weser River and present-day Hanover during the first centuries BC and AD. Roman sources reported they considered themsel ...
tribe.
Life
Chariomerus appears only in the ''
Roman History
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'' of
Cassius Dio. Chariomerus succeeded
Italicus
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as chieftain of the Cherusci sometime in the mid-1st century and was presumably his son, the rest of the dynasty having died out by the time of Italicus's ascension in AD47. This would make him the grandnephew of
Arminius
Arminius ( 18/17 BC – 21 AD) was a chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe who is best known for commanding an alliance of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, in which three Roman legions under the command of ge ...
, the Cherusci leader who defeated the
Roman army in
Teutonburg Forest in AD9 butlike Italicus and Italicus's father
FlavusChariomerus seems to have been a close
ally of Rome. Defeated by the
Chatti sometime around AD88, Chariomerus was deposed by his own people for his Roman ties. He turned to the
emperor Domitian for assistance recovering his rule. Domitian offered financial support but not soldiers. By the end of the 1st century, the Cherusci people had disappeared from treatments of
Germany.
References
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1st-century monarchs in Europe
Cherusci chieftains
Cherusci warriors
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