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Chieftain of the Cherusci in the early 1st century AD
Inguiomer
or
Ingomar
(
Latin
:
Inguiomerus
; fl.
1st century AD
) was a leader of the
Cherusci
. He is chiefly remembered as the uncle of
Arminius
.
Name
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Alexander Haggerty Krappe
proposed the name
Inguiomer
derives from
Old Germanic
*
Ingwia
, related to
Yngvi
, the older name of the
Germanic
god
Freyr
.
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Life
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Inguiomer was the brother of
Segimer
, a
chieftain
of the
Germanic
Cherusci
tribe
. This made him the uncle of
Arminius
and
Flavus
. Inguiomer is mentioned in
Tacitus
's account of the Roman reprisal campaigns of
Germanicus
against the Germans after their defeat at Teutoburg Forest. In AD
15, he is mentioned arguing against Arminius's defensive strategy. He pursued the retreating army of
Caecina
across rough terrain, suffering a defeat in which he was personally wounded. Inguiomer is also mentioned joining the
Marcomanni
chieftain
Maroboduus
in his war against Arminius in AD
17 or 18. He died at some point before AD
47, when the Cherusci are recorded appealing to Rome for Inguiomer's grandnephew
Italicus
as the only surviving member of their royal family.
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References
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Citations
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- ^
Krappe, Alexander H. (1943), "Yngvi-Frey and Aengus Mac Oc",
Scandinavian Studies
, vol. 17, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, University of Illinois Press, pp. 174?178,
JSTOR
40915560
.
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