Segimer

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Segimer or Sigimer (Latin: Segimerus or Sigimerus) was a chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci and the father of Arminius and through Flavus the grandfather of Italicus.^[1]

Segimer was at first an ally of Rome. Both of his sons, Arminius and Flavus, entered the Roman military. According to Cassius Dio, Segimer was the second-in-command of Arminius during the latter’s rebellion against the Romans, which in 9 AD culminated a crushing Roman defeat at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.^[2] Flavus, however, remained loyal to Rome. During Germanicus' campaigns against Arminius, Segimer, unlike his brother Inguiomer, is not mentioned by Tacitus as having participated.^{[citation needed]}

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• Gerhard Winkler: Segimerus 1. In: Der Kleine Pauly (KlP). Band 5, Stuttgart 1975, Sp. 73.
• Felix Dahn: Segimer I. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, S. 609.

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