Germanicus Caesar

[ jer-man-i-kuhs ]

noun

1. 15 b.c.–a.d. 19, Roman general.

Germanicus Caesar

/ dʒɜːˈmænɪkəs /

noun

1. Germanicus Caesar15 bc19 adMRomanMILITARY: general 15 bc –19 ad , Roman general; nephew of the emperor Tiberius; waged decisive campaigns against the Germans (14–16)

Example Sentences

Germanicus Caesar, during his tenure of the command of the Roman armies on the Rhine, made repeated attempts to recover the Roman position in northern Germany and exact vengeance for the death of Varus, but without real success, and after his recall the Rhine formed for the greater part of its course the boundary of the Empire.

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Germanicus Caesar made several unsuccessful attempts to bring them into subjection again.

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From concomitant accidents, and not from the very heart of the subject itself, is drawn this epigram of Germanicus Caesar, though the verses are otherwise sufficiently polished: The Thracian boy at play on the stiff ice Of Hebrus broke the waters with his weight And the swift current carried him away, Except that a smooth sherd cut off his head.

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The case of Germanicus Caesar is a cardinal instance.

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In the consulship of Caius Celius and Lucius Pomponius, the six- and-twentieth of May, Germanicus Caesar triumphed over the Cheruscans, the Cattans, the Angrivarians, and the other nations as far as the Elbe.

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