Inguiomer
Inguiomer (Latin form: Inguiomerus Germanized even Ingomar ) was at the beginning of the 1st century a powerful Gau - chief of the Cherusci .
Inguiomer was the brother of Segimer , the father of Arminius . He was pro-Roman, but had to take the side of his nephew in the early summer of 15 AD, during the Roman Germanicus campaigns (14 to 16 AD), after the latter had the inner-Cheruscan power struggle against Segestes and probably had also been able to decide against inguiomer for himself. During the battle of the pontes longi (long bridges) in the autumn of 15 AD against four legions of Caecina , he did not want to bow to Arminius' clever, wait-and-see strategy . He pushed through an attack on the Roman camp, which failed, however, and enabled the Caecina army to withdraw from a hopeless situation. Inguiomer was wounded himself. Also in the following year he could not achieve any success (battles at Idistaviso and at the Angrivarian Wall ). Soon afterwards, perhaps out of envy of his nephew, he went over to Marbod's side .
literature
- Johann Samuel Ed. Johann Gottfried Gruber , General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , Volume 2, S.286
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inguiomer . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 8 . Altenburg 1859, p. 913 ( zeno.org ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Inguiomer |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Inguiomerus; Ingomar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Gau - chief of the Cherusci |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 15 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century |