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Roman Impact on Cherusci
Švitorková, Hana ; Kepartová, Jana (advisor) ; Zdichynec, Jan (referee)
This Bachelor Thesis is focused on the Roman impact on Cherusci in the period from the last two decades of the 1st century BC to 90 AC. The Thesis aims to determine the extent of the impact of the Roman-Cherusci relation on the tribe, which took a friendly as well as hostile form for several times during the researched period. First, the thesis provides an overview of the ancient literary and archaeological sources, of available information about the tribe itself, and of the history of Roman-Cherusci relations. The second part deals with the impact of the Roman presence in Germania on the power of Cherusci chieftains and aristocracy. The internal relations in the tribe, influenced by the Roman luxurious gifts and financial support of the Cherusci aristocrats, are researched. The next chapter focuses on the romanization of the chieftain sons on the example of Arminius and Flavus, the sons of Cherusci chieftain Segimer. The last part deals with the retinue of chieftains, with the Cherusci presence in the auxiliaries of the Roman army, with the Germanic personal guard of the emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (the so-called Germani corporis custodes), and with the Roman impact on the Germanic warfare. In the research, the analysis of primary and secondary sources was used. The conducted research...
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