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		The Semnones recount themselves to be the most ancient and most noble.
		And of all their superstition, this is the drift and tendency; that from this place the nation drew their original, that here God, the supreme Governor of the world, resides, and that all things else whatsoever are subject to him and bound to obey him.
		The potent condition of the Semnones has increased their influence and authority, as they inhabit an hundred towns; and from the largeness of their community it comes, that they hold themselves for the head of the Suevians.
	www.ancientworlds.net /465157 (321 words)

	Suebi - LoveToKnow 1911
		The Marcomanni occupied the basin of the Saale, but under their king, Maroboduus, they moved into Bohemia during the early part of Augustus's reign, while the Quadi, who are first mentioned in the time of Tiberius, lay farther east towards the sources of the Elbe.
		The Semnones and Langobardi were at one time subject to the dominion of the Marcomannic king Maroboduus, and at a much later period we hear of Langobardic troops taking part against the Romans in the Marcomannic War.
		The Semnones claimed to be the chief of the Suebic peoples, and Tacitus describes a great religious festival held in their tribal sanctuary, at which legations were present from all the other tribes.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Suebi (646 words)

	Tacitus - Selections - Page 42
		The Semnones give themselves out to be the most ancient and renowned branch of the Suevi.
		All this superstition implies the belief that from thsi spot the nation took its origin, that here dwells the supreme and all-ruling deity, to whom all else is subject and obedient.
		The fortunate lot of the Semnones strengthens this belief; a hundred cantons are in their occupation, and the vastness of their community makes them regard themselves as the head of the Suevic race.
	www.galileolibrary.com /ebooks/eu06/tacitus_page_42.htm (218 words)

	Marienberg, Germany
		On the Marienberg (69 m/226ft) in Brandenburg's new town is the Marienberg Park.
		Here a Germanic tribe, the Semnones, worshipped the goddess Freya, and in the 11th and 12th centuries there was also a Slav sanctuary on the hill.
		In 1220 a church dedicated to the Virgin, with a wonderworking image, was built here; it was destroyed during the Thirty Years War, and the ruins were finally pulled down in 1772.
	www.planetware.com /brandenburg/marienberg-d-br-bram.htm (93 words)

	Brandenburg - LoveToKnow 1911
		BRANDENBURG, the name of a margraviate and electorate which played an important part in German history, and afterwards grew into the kingdom of Prussia.
		During the early years Of the Christian era, the district was inhabited by the Semnones, and afterwards by various Slavonic tribes, who were partially subdued by Charlemagne, but soon regained their independence.
		The history of Brandenburg begins when the German king, Henry the Fowler, defeated the Havelli, or Hevelli, and took their capital, Brennibor, from which the name Brandenburg is derived.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Brandenburg (8150 words)

	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Among the tribes that belonged to the Suebi, the three most powerful were the Hermunduri, Langobardi and the Semnones.
		All of the chiefdoms convened once a year in the sacred groves of the Semnones to declare their continued cohesion.
		This did not always hold true, for many Suebi joined Marobodus, and others, with the Marcomanni, were settled on the lands of the Roman Empire.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME1650 (281 words)

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		Casualties: 7% vs 43% Lugidonum conquered Castle Sidones Sidones becomes the vassal of Semnones ********************************************* In SILINGAE The Baron of Gothni supported Semnones The Baron of Langobardii supported Semnones The Baron of Rome supported Semnones The Baron of Angli supported Euphana The Baron of Saxonnes supported Euphana The Viscount of Semnones** attacked Euphana Est.
		Casualties: 10% vs 36% Semnones defeated Euphana The Baron of Gothni supported Semnones The Baron of Langobardii supported Semnones The Baron of Rome supported Semnones The Viscount of Semnones sieged Castle Silingae Est.
		Casualties: 1% vs 100% Semnones conquered Castle Silingae *********************************************** In STARO The Baron of Guns sieged Castle Staro Est.
	www.rykerstudios.com /rightofkings/flrok7/turn13EasternEurope.txt (840 words)

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		They were also regarded as the abode of the gods, and were approached only with a feeling of awe and terror, as may be gathered from the remarks of Tacitus on the sacred forest of the Semnones.
		That the plan of such and Icelandic temple is an imitation of the architecture of a Christian church, with its nave, choir, and apse, as Golther would have us believe, is not at all probable for the centuries (ninth and tenth) of the Icelandic emigration.
		Three kinds of sacrifices may be distinguished: those subserving purposes of divination; human sacrifices to appease the wrath of the gods; sacrifices of animals followed by the sacrificatory feast.
	www.woden.org /worship.html (5524 words)

	Battle of Idistaviso (16 AD)
		They were met near the River Weser by a German confederation of Cherusi, Semnones and Langobardi tribes lead by the rebel Arminius (aka Hermann the German), the former Roman auxiliary officer who had lead Varus into the German trap at Teutoberg Wald.
		Tacitus (Annales II:5-26) highlights Germanicus' campaigns and briefly recounts the battle of and subsequent disputes between Arminius of the Cherusi and Maroboduus, King of the Marcomanni, whose Semnones and Langobardi had joined forces with the Cherusi.
		This scenario was inspired in large part by the scenario "The Original Unlease Hell" developed by Robert Avery for the Wargames Journal.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/Idistaviso16AD/index.html (810 words)

	Tribal Identifications: Simeon by Yair Davidiy
		Semnones (Ptolemy) bordered Laccobardi (Lombards), Angles, and Viruni (Warings).
		The Lombards in Scandinavian Literature have been identified as the HEADOBARDS of old (Arnold p.215, Malone p.158) whose name is reminiscent to that of "OHAD" (Genesis 26;10), Son of Simeon.
		In addition, on the Continent prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions, the Semnones (of Simeon) were a portion of the Suebi and belonged to the same group, says Tacitus, as the Angles.
	britam.org /simeon.html (2156 words)

	Germanic Cult
		They worshipped in sacred groves of ancient trees in the great forests for it was here in nature that they believed that they were closest to the purity and infinite power of the gods which they observed with great awe and reverence.
		Tacitus tells us that the tribe of the Semnones had a sacred forest where they offered human sacrifice during a grisly cult festival and which people could only enter if clad with chains (this to show their helpless-ness and reverence for the power of the gods).
		The belief that the divine manifests itself in quiet woods around huge trees is reflected in the inner relationship that Germans today still have for the forest.
	www.public.asu.edu /~atrja/worship.html (961 words)

	Master: Idistaviso
		But the title of king rendered Maroboduus hated among his countrymen, while Arminius was regarded with favour as the champion of freedom.
		Thus it was not only the Cherusci and their allies, the old soldiers of Arminius, who took up arms, but even the Semnones and Langobardi from the kingdom of Maroboduus revolted to that chief.
		With this addition he must have had an overwhelming superiority, had not Inguiomerus deserted with a troop of his dependants to Maroboduus, simply for the reason that the aged uncle scorned to obey a brother's youthful son.
	cr.middlebury.edu /public/russian/Bulgakov/public_html/idistaviso.html (763 words)

	res gestae divi augusti; vertaling
		Mijn vloot is vanaf de monding van de Rijn over de Oceaan gevaren naar het oosten tot aan het gebied van de Cimbren; een gebied waarheen voor die tijd nog nooit één Romein, te land of ter zee, was gegaan.
		De Cimbren, Charydes, Semnones en andere Germaanse volken uit diezelfde regio hebben middels gezanten om vriendschapsverdragen met mij en het Romeinse volk gevraagd.
		Op mijn bevel en onder mijn verantwoordelijkheid zijn er in ongeveer dezelfde tijd twee legers naar gestuurd naar Ethiopië en het Gelukkige Arabië.
	www.stilus.nl /augustus/aug-rg-v.htm (3643 words)

	John Arnott MacCulloch — Eddic Mythology — Chapter 6
		The god who had a highly sacred grove among the Semnones, a branch of the Suevi, and to whom human sacrifices were offered, is supposed to have been Zio.
		It is also significant of the pre-eminence of Tiwaz that in inscriptions which give Roman equivalents of the three great Teutonic gods, Mars is often first.
		The Wessobrunner gloss (eighth century), which speaks of the Suabian descendants of the Semnones of that time, speaks of them as Cyuuari, “Worshippers of Ziu.”
	www.vaidilute.com /books/mythology/macculloch-06.html (1369 words)

	Semnoni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Semnones were a Germanic tribe which was settled between the Elbe and the Oder in the 1st century when they were described by Tacitus.
		In the 3rd century, the Semnoni shifted southwards and eventually ended up as part of the Alamanni people.
		The Augsburg stela, a Roman monument of the 3rd century states that the Semnones were also called Juthungi
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Semnoni (93 words)

	Molech is Sick, Cat-Scan Reveals
		"The oldest and noblest of the Suebi, so it is said, are the Semnones, and the justice of this claim is confirmed by a religious rite...The sacrifice in public of a human victim...They dwell in a hundred country districts and, in virtue of their magnitude, count themselves chief of all the Suebi."
		British-Israeli websites claim what at first glance seems feasible, that the Semnones were of the Israeli tribe of Simeon.
		I have a different theory, for a common version of "Semnone" was "Semoni," and this would seem to stem from the Italian god: Semo Sancus.
	www.tribwatch.com /goldlion.htm (5935 words)

	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Maroboduus was accepted immediately but removed his people to the strong, mountainous regions of Bohemia, where he shaped his warriors into the most disciplined soldiers in the barbarian world.
		Under his guidance, the Marcomanni launched campaigns to the north along the Elbe, and the Semnones and Langobardi were subjugated.
		Alarmed by the rise of a potential rival in Germania, Augustus made preparations to isolate and then destroy Maroboduus.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME1013 (360 words)

	Viking Answer Lady Webpage - Sacred Space in Viking Law and Religion
		In an island of the ocean there is a sacred grove, and within it a consecrated chariot, covered over with a garment.
		They do not go to battle or wear arms; every weapon is under lock; peace and quiet are known and welcomed only at these times, till the goddess, weary of human intercourse, is at length restored by the same priest to her temple.
		The sacred grove of the Semnones is a place in which not only weapons may not be borne, but neither may one's hand be raised in violence since the hands are bound.
	www.vikinganswerlady.com /sacspace.shtml (5841 words)

	The Roman Legion
		Also as a sign of good will and to show his submission to the Roman rule he offered three of his children, two sons and one daughter, as hostages (a common practice among the Germanii) and allowed them live with the Romans in the fortress of Lupodurum.
		As you know the Semnones tribe outnumber the Angrivarii tribe about two to one and consequently if the Angrivarii approach the Semnones´ capital, defy and provoke enough the Semnones to open battle, it is very likely the Semnones´ King Ariovisto will leave his capital and will face the Angrivarii in open battle.
		Also while the legions X Aludae and XL Auditrix will be in action against the Semnones under my direct command, legions XXIX Rapax and XXXVIII will remain in the fortress of Lupodurum under the command of the new Legate Lucius Marius Sabaco until my return.
	romanlegion.com /newscenario.php/view/229?RomanSession=d59769751ce7a... (1624 words)

	Who was Who in Roman Times: Links of Countries, Places and Peoples: Semnones
		Who was Who in Roman Times: Links of Countries, Places and Peoples: Semnones
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	romansonline.com /Countries_L.asp?Icode=2430&Icount=3&Lname=Semnones(3) (131 words)

	Good Evil and Wholeness: Wholeness and Otherworldliness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		This type of action is reflected in the Latin term victima "sacrifice," a term which shares etymological origins with the Heathen term *wih-.
		This type of religious awe can be seen elsewhere, as in Tacitus' tale of the grove in which the Semnones worshipped a god they believed ruled all.
		To enter the grove a Semnone had to be bound with rope, and if he fell, he could not stand up, but had to roll out of the grove.
	www.ealdriht.org /holy3.html (909 words)

	AFA - Arminius and the Cherusci (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Maroboduus of the Marcomanni led the Suebian confederation.
		Two Suebian peoples, however, sided with Arminius- the Semnones and the Lombards.
		Maroboduus, chief of the Marcomanni, led the Suebian confederation.
	www.runestone.org /armin.html (5960 words)

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		In these sacred forests the ceremonies connected with the cult took place, and the sacrifices were offered.
		We know from Tacitus that the forests, among the Semnones and the Nerthus tribes, were regarded as peculiarly sacred, and were dreaded.
		There is no reason for supposing that the ancient Teutons possessed a fixed sacrificial ritual any more than they possessed an organized priesthood.
	www.stavacademy.co.uk /mimir/worship.htm (5527 words)

	Teutons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		As the Alemanni Confederation appeared in close to the same area the Hermanduri lived in, it is reasonable to suppose that the Hermanduri, along with the Semnones, formed much of the new Confederation.
		They were in their time perhaps the best-known Germans among the Romans - Tacitus mentions that they were the only tribe to carry on extensive trade with the Empire, and that individual Hermanduri were the only Germans allowed in Roman cities without armed escorts.
		Once in relative safety in Gaul, the Suevi continued to migrate in close proximity to the Vandals, and eventually settled in Galicia province of Spain, where they organized a fairly stable state.
	www.hostkingdom.net /Teutons.html (4318 words)

	Kingdoms of the Barbarians - The Suevi
		These were a group of Germanic people which included the tribes of the Marcomanni and Quadi, the Hermunduri, Semnones, the Langobardes (Lombards), and the Alemanni.
		The Hunnic invasions forced the Suevi to move.
		Region taken into the Christian kingdom of Asturias.
	www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/BarbarianSuevi.htm (172 words)

	Legion by Slitherine - Scenario 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Their king, Ariovistus, had led an expedition against the Aedui in support of the Sequani, but then decided to stay.
		Their central tribe was called the Semnones and was based in Brandenburg, where they had a shrine central to all Suebi.
		A German tribe that was probably leagued with the Suebi in this period.
	www.slitherine.com /Legion/Campaign_2.htm (2518 words)

	8G:3 Medieval & Renaissance Literature - Research Project
		Tacitus often referred to the Germanic peoples as the “noble barbarians”, giving an example to the increasingly uncivilized Romans.
		Among the most important information Tacitus gives us in his Germania are the descriptions of the cult in the grove of the Semnones, the cult of Nerthus, and the myth of the descending of the Germanic peoples from Tuisto and Mannus (a mythical father and son).
		One story of the Germanic peoples that really stands out is the tale of Beowulf.
	www.uiowa.edu /~c08g001c/SRenfro.html (772 words)

	Tacitus: Germany: Book 1 [30]
		The chiefs have a more elaborate style; so much do they study appearance, but in perfect innocence, not with any thoughts of love-making; but arranging their hair when they go to battle, to make themselves tall and terrible, they adorn themselves, so to speak, for the eyes of the foe.
		All this superstition implies the belief that from this spot the nation took its origin, that here dwells the supreme and all-ruling deity, to whom all else is subject and obedient.
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	www.earth-history.com /Roman/Tacitus/g01030.htm (1647 words)

	Who was Who in Roman Times: Links of Countries, Places and Peoples: Semnones
		Who was Who in Roman Times: Links of Countries, Places and Peoples: Semnones
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	www.romansonline.com /Countries_L.asp?Icode=2430 (130 words)

	Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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		Semnones, the Marcomani, the Vandals, and the Quadi plunder through the world, we take from them.
		They dare not come to us: but when the wind blows from their side, they burn our forests.
	www.4literature.net /Henryk_Sienkiewicz/Quo_Vadis/83.html (1000 words)

	Ariovistus and the Suebi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		He appointed Labienus in command, and set out in person for Cisalpine Gaul to attend to political business.
		The Suebi were a group of Germanic people which included the tribes of the Marcomanni and Quadi, the Hermunduri, Semnones, the Langobardes (Lombards), and the Alemanni.
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	www.unrv.com /fall-republic/ariovistus-and-suebi.php (678 words)

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