I thought it was Arminius. meh. either way, he gets my vote.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brennus
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I thought it was Arminius. meh. either way, he gets my vote.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brennus
You're right. It's "the Armenian", not "the Ariminian" (from Rimini).Quote:
Originally Posted by Ibrahim
His name has nothing to do with being armenian, though. "The Armenian" would be Armenicus or Armeniacus. Some believe it to be a the latinized form of a germanic name with a meaning of "the great"; another explanation is that it could be the nomen gentile of the roman citizen who was his patron, before "going native" again.Quote:
Originally Posted by athanaric
Yes but it is a good indicator of spelling.
why do germans call him herrmann then :?
Arminius is obviously not a german name. We don't know the german name but Arminius was part of germanies national idealogy and so he needed a german name. As far as I know the first mentioning of the name "Hermann" is from Luther, though.
I believe it was during the Reformation his name was Christianized. German protestants were looking for a national hero who symbolised their struggle against Catholic Rome and who better than the victor of the Teutonberg Forest? However it wouldn't do to have a pagan represent the spirit of German Protestantism so his name was changed to sound more Chrisitian.... I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by moonburn
My apologies for the spelling, I was a bit distracted with Cassivellaunus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ibrahim
I just wish Cunobelinus achievements were within the EB time frame.