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- German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19)
- Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609)
How To Use Arminius In A Sentence
- The interpretation of scripture was polarized between the selective literalism of Calvinism and the more liberal application found within the teachings of Arminius.
- But Arminius is German, born and bred, and has never stopped hating the Romans, nor planning for ways to drive them out and gain the freedom of Germany and all his people. REVIEW: Give Me Back My Legions! by Harry Turtledove
- And thanks to Turtledove's writing, you can find yourself in a novel full of names like "Arminius" and "Varus" and "Aristocles" and many more, and you will not get confused as to who is talking, and who they are referring to. REVIEW: Give Me Back My Legions! by Harry Turtledove
- And we also spend time with Arminius, who is building resentment against the Romans and trying to find strategies to organize his people and defeat a tactically and strategically superior force. REVIEW: Give Me Back My Legions! by Harry Turtledove
- Maurice of Jacob Harmensz, better known as Arminius, to the Chair of History of Holland
- Though we probably should allow them an army; it just dawned to me that most successful historical leaders have won because of their skills as generals, not because they personally kicked ass (though some, like Arminius and Attila were no mean fighters themselves). Cage Matches
- La Calprenède, as we have seen, does not give Arminius's wife her usual name of Thusnelda, but, to obviate a complaint from readers who have heard of Varus, he invents a protest on "Herman sla lerman" part against that general, who has trepanned him into captivity and gladiatorship, and makes him warn Augustus that he will be true to the Romans _unless_ A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800
- In his last drama, "Arminius," he extravagantly scatters his panegyrics on its fifteen predecessors; but of the present one he has the most exalted notion: it is the quintessence of Scudery! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)
- Arminius, a prince of the Cherusci, is playing a deadly game. Give Me Back My Legions! by Harry Turtledove: Book summary
- A further problem arises when Olson wants to distance from the term 'Arminian' those liberal theologians or students of Arminius who put forth views Olson doesn't like. Triablogue
