Editing Arminius (section)

==Roman retribution and death==
Between 14 and 16, [[Germanicus]] led punitive operations into Germany, fighting Arminius to a draw in the [[Battle at Pontes Longi]] and twice defeating him (according to Tacitus): first in the [[Battle of Idistaviso]] and later at the [[Battle of the Angrivarian Wall]]. In 15, Roman troops managed to recapture one of the three [[aquila (Roman)|legionary eagles]] lost in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. In 16, a second eagle was retrieved.<ref>Tac. ''Ann''. 1.60.4, 2.25.2</ref> Tiberius denied the request of Germanicus to launch an additional campaign for 17, however, having decided the frontier with Germania would stand at the Rhine river. Instead, he offered Germanicus the honor of a triumph for his two victories. The third Roman eagle was recovered in 41 by Publius Gabinius, under the emperor [[Claudius]].<ref>Dio 60.8.7.</ref> Arminius also faced opposition from his father-in-law and other pro-Roman Germanic leaders.<ref>Tac. ''Ann''. 1.54–59.</ref> His brother Flavus, who had been raised alongside him in Rome, remained loyal to the Roman Empire and fought under Germanicus against Arminius at the Battle of Idistaviso. With the end of the Roman threat, a war broke out between Arminius and [[Maroboduus|Marbod]], king of the [[Marcomanni]]. It ended with Marbod fleeing to [[Ravenna]] and Roman protection, but Arminius failed to break into the "natural fortification" of [[Bohemia]], and the war ended in stalemate. In 19, Germanicus died in [[Antioch]] under circumstances which led many to believe he had been poisoned by his opponents. Arminius died two years later in 21, murdered by opponents within his own tribe who felt that he was becoming too powerful.<ref name="tacit">Tacitus, The Annals [[s:The Annals (Tacitus)/Book 2#88|2.88]]</ref><ref>[[Tacitus]], ''Annals'' 2.22 ff.; [[Suetonius]], ''Caligula'' 1.4; Dio 57.18.1; on Arminius' assassination, Tac. ''Ann''. 2.88;</ref> Tiberius allegedly had refused an earlier offer from a Chatti nobleman to poison Arminius: "It was not by secret treachery but openly and by arms that the people of Rome avenged themselves on their enemies."<ref>Tac. ''Ann''. 2.87–88.</ref>[[File:Thusnelda Loggia dei Lanzi 2005 09 13.jpg|thumb|Statue of [[Thusnelda]] in Loggia dei Lanzi. Created in second century AD with modern restorations.|354x354px]]