

adjective Of or relating to the theology of Jacobus Arminius and his followers, who rejected the Calvinist doctrines of predestination and election and who believed that human free will is compatible with God's sovereignty.19 (2001), p. 258-262.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, vol. ^ Tacitus, Book 12, 27–31: Text in Latin and English at Sacred Texts.^ Velleius Paterculus, Compendium of Roman History 2, 119: "caput eius abscisum latumque ad Maroboduum et ab eo missum ad Caesarem".^ Velleius Paterculus, Compendium of Roman History 2, 109, 5 Cassius Dio, Roman History 55, 28, 6-7.Maroboduus, (died AD 37, Ravenna, Italy), king of the Marcomanni who organized the first confederation of German tribes. 290 Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Compendium of Roman History 2, 108 Celtic: A Comparative Study of the Six Celtic Languages, Irish, Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Cornish, Breton Seen Against the Background of Their History, Literature, and Destiny. Four Days in September: The Battle of Teutoburg. The earliest relations between Celts and Germans.

Vannius was himself also deposed by Vibilius, in coordination with his nephews Vangio and Sido, who then ruled as Roman client kings. Catualda was, in turn, defeated by the Hermunduri Vibilius, after which the realm was ruled by the Quadian Vannius. The deposed king had to flee to Italy, and Tiberius detained him 18 years in Ravenna. In the next year, Catualda, a young Marcomannic nobleman living in exile among the Gutones, returned, perhaps by a subversive Roman intervention, and defeated Maroboduus.

In 17 AD, war broke out between Arminius and Maroboduus, and after an indecisive battle, Maroboduus withdrew into the hilly forests of Bohemia, in 18 AD. In the revenge war of Tiberius and Germanicus against the Cherusci, Maroboduus stayed neutral. However, according to the first-century AD historian Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Arminius sent Varus's head to Maroboduus, but the king of the Marcomanni sent it to Augustus. His rivalry with Arminius, the Cheruscan leader who inflicted the devastating defeat at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest on the Romans under Publius Quinctilius Varus in 9 AD, prevented a concerted attack on Roman territory across the Rhine in the north (by Arminius) and in the Danube basin in the south (by Maroboduus). The future emperor Tiberius commanded 12 legions to attack the Marcomanni, but the outbreak of a revolt in Illyria, and the need for troops there, forced Tiberius to conclude a treaty with Maroboduus and to recognize him as king. Īugustus planned in 6 AD to destroy the kingdom of Maroboduus, which he considered to be too dangerous for the Romans. He was the first documented ruler of Bohemia with a government. There, he took the title of king and organized a confederation of several neighboring Germanic tribes. To deal with the threat of Roman expansion into the Rhine- Danube basin, he led the Marcomanni to the area later known as Bohemia to be outside the range of the Roman influence.

About 9 BC, Maroboduus returned to Germania and became ruler of his people. The Marcomanni had been beaten utterly by the Romans in 10 BC. As a young man, he lived in Italy and enjoyed the favour of the Emperor Augustus. Maroboduus was born into a noble family of the Marcomanni. Welsh mawr, Irish mór), and bodwos meaning "raven" (cf. The name "Maroboduus" can be broken down into two Celtic elements, māro- meaning "great" (cf.
