Piso is a political figure from the early days of the Roman Empire. He is a confidant of Tiberius, and is<hr>
sent with Germanicus on his campaigns in the East. Piso is suspected of having poisoned<hr>
Germanicus under the orders of Tiberius.<hr>
          Plancina, who died in the year 33, is a noble Roman lady who lived during the early            <hr>
days of the Roman Empire, founded by Octavius. She is the wife of the governor of Syria, Piso. The            <hr>
couple is accused of having poisoned Germanicus, the nephew and adopted son of the emperor Tiberius.<hr>
Initially acquitted, she chose to take her own life when the case was reassessed.<hr>
          Varus is a Roman general and senator under Octavius's principate. His name is mainly<hr>
associated with the Roman defeat at the Battle of Teutoburg in the year 9, in which three Roman legions<hr>
perished under his command when they were attacked by<hr>
Germanic tribes led by Arminius, a prince of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci. Varus himself is said to have committed suicide on the battlefield.<hr>
         Arminius, or Armenius, born around 17 BC and dying around 211, also known as Hermann the Cheruscan in Germany, is a war chief of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci, known for having annihilated three Roman legions and Varus. He is defeated several times by Germanicus and his legions.<hr>
          The Cherusci are a powerful Germanic nation in the time of ancient Rome,  established in the region of the Weser between the Elbe and the Teutoburg forest and takes a significant part in the struggle against Roman domination in Germania.<hr>
          The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest is the name given to an engagement that took place in the Teutoburg Forest, in present-day Germany, during the month of September of the year 9.<hr>
          The Bructeri are a Germanic people who settled at the beginning of our era in Hanover and in Westphalia in Germany. Their territory lies between the Lippe and the sources of the Ems and around the city of Soest in Germany.<hr>
          Amisia, at the mouth of the Ems, at the outlet of a road coming from Koblenz, a city in Germany, is a Roman center built for commercial purposes.<hr>
          The Lippe is a river in Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. A tributary of the Rhine, its length is 255 kilometers. The district of Lippe was once a state of the Holy Roman Empire, it is today a district of North Rhine-Westphalia.<hr>
          The Chatti, or Catti, are an ancient Germanic people who settled at the beginning of the Christian era in the region of the upper course of the Weser and Eder. Fierce infantrymen, they give birth to the current Hesse (Hattes or Hesse) and Franconia above the Main.<hr>
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