Inguiomer or Ingomar (; fl. 1st century AD) was a leader of the Cherusci. He is chiefly remembered as the uncle of Arminius.
Name
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
Inguiomer was the brother of
Segimer, a chieftain of the
Germanic peoples Cherusci Germanic tribes. 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 AD15, 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 AD17 or 18. He died at some point before AD47, when the Cherusci are recorded appealing to Rome for Inguiomer's grandnephew Italicus as the only surviving member of their royal family.
See also
Citations
Bibliography
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Tacitus, Annals s.a. AUC 768–770 (AD 15–17).
