The Bructeri are a Germanic people. They settled at the beginning of our era in<hr>
Hanover and in Westphalia in Germany. Their territory lay between the Lippe and the<hr>
sources of the Ems and around the town of Soest in Germany.<hr>
      Amisia, at the mouth of the Ems, at the outlet of a road coming from Koblenz, a<hr>
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<hr>
Rhine, its length is 255 kilometers. The district of Lippe was once a state of the<hr>
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<hr>
the Christian era in the region of the upper course of the Weser and the Eder. Formidable<hr>
infantrymen, they gave birth to the present-day Hesse (Hattes or Hesse) and Franconia above<hr>
the Main.<hr>
      Mattium is the ancient capital or main settlement of the Chatti. Its exact<hr>
location is unknown. It is generally assumed to be somewhere in the vicinity of Fritzlar in northern Hesse in Germany.<hr>
      Segestes is a leader of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci, and an ally of the Romans who<hr>
appears in the testimonies of ancient authors because of his links with Arminius and with the<hr>
uprising against Rome.<hr>
      Caecina, or Aulus Caecina Severus, born around 43 BC and died in 21, is a man<hr>
of politics and a general of the Roman Empire. He is under the command of Germanicus in<hr>
Germany. During the campaign of 15, he is trapped with his legions and narrowly escaped<hr>
being annihilated by a Germanic ambush when crossing the swampy area, known as Pontes longi, between the rivers Ems and Weser.<hr>
      Inguiomer, or Ingomar, is a leader of the Cherusci. He is primarily known as<hr>
the uncle of Arminius.<hr>
      The Elbe is a river in Central Europe that originates in the Czech Republic in the<hr>
Giant Mountains and, after a journey largely in Germany, flows into the North Sea.<hr>
      Mars is, in Roman mythology, the god of warriors, youth, and<hr>
violence. He is a first-rate god in ancient Rome as the father<hr>
of Romulus and Remus, the founder and protector of the city.<hr>
      Jupiter is, in Roman mythology, the Roman god who rules the earth and the sky,<hr>
as well as all living beings there.<hr>
      The Rhine is an international river in Central and Western Europe. It is the backbone of the Rhineland, the most dynamic economic area in Europe, and one of the world's major power hubs.<hr>
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